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...Surveyor 4 was designed to test the extent to which material in the moon's crust may be attracted by a magnet. In turn, this information might have yielded new clues as to whether the moon's surface features were formed by volcanic activity or by the impact of meteors...
...What impact a new set of rate reductions will have on A.T. & T.'s revenues is hard to say. In 1965, when the company agreed with the FCC on a $100 million rate reduction, it was passed along to the consumer in the form of cheaper rates for three-minute long-distance calls during special hours. That led to a spectacular surge in traffic, and in profits. But that was in a year of spectacular consumer spending. Whether a new rate cut will produce the same results in 1967 is far from certain...
...Syndicate's alliance with the right has had its major impact on the state and local level. Moderate and liberal members of state YR organizations--probably a majority of the membership--have been primarily interested in broadening the Republican base among youth. Reactionary zealots, in effect tools of the YRNF leadership, care only for intra-party warfare; they seek to control the local organizations and turn them into exclusive factions. If unsuccessful, they at least try to disrupt the YR group...
Brief as it was, the Middle East war took a heavy toll in Arab lives (22,000) and Arab real estate (30,000 sq. mi.). But the impact of those losses was small compared with the crippling economic aftermath of defeat. Last week, from one end of the Arab world to the other, government radios wove into their continuing threats and recriminations warnings of the "sacrifices" and "hard times" that lie ahead as the Arabs pick up the pieces...
Amid the cacophony of attacks and recriminations emanating from hundreds of critics who oppose the Vietnam war, John Kenneth Galbraith's recent address to the National Citizens Committee to End the War in Vietnam stands out for its remarkable cogency and impact. Even when covering familiar ground Galbraith managed to achieve a level of sophistication and insight that few of the other critics have reached...