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...week's end, with a load of data from set interviews and continuous observation, Dr. Terhune and staff tell the executive what he needs. In many cases, advice (rooted in the confidence of long talks) on what to do and not to do may be enough. For emotional problems of moderate severity, Dr. Terhune prescribes what he calls "mental hygiene re-education." It may run to a few weeks or months of psychotherapy. There is never a written report to the executive's company, and Dr. Terhune passes as much responsibility as possible to the family doctor...
...service, the jet planes are proving an airline's delight. With five Boeing 707s in daily service to Paris and six weekly to London, Pan American last week reported an average 90% of seats filled (43,400 transatlantic passengers to date) v. the usual 50% to 55% load factors at this time of year. Moreover, because the jets have stimulated all travel. Pan Am's total transatlantic business has jumped 46% in the last two months, with even bigger increases on the way. Advance bookings for the summer travel season are up 236% in economy class...
...same holds true for the domestic jet operators. Using leased Pan American 707s. National Airlines has boosted its New York-Florida business impressively, with load factors of 95% southbound, 85% northbound, has already carried 35,000 passengers by jet since mid-December. American Airlines, with five 707s operating across the U.S. nonstop to Los Angeles, reported a 96.2% load factor v. the average 66%. The nine Lockheed Electra turboprops delivered so far boast average loads of nearly 80% on nights from New York to Chicago and Detroit. Together, the two jet-powered craft boosted American's February business...
There is but one solution that stands a chance of being adopted, and that is that the work load be reduced to two 1,000 word essays, one in the fall, the other in the spring and that the essays be based on the tutorial reading assign- ments, the length of which is not to exceed 200 pages a fortnight. This new sophomore tutorial would carry, like the old, no course credit...
...U.M.W. for the past 18 years, are in a sense victims of other miners' prosperity. Rising labor costs (Harlan operators have so far refused to sign a new U.M.W. contract under which miners would get $14.25 a day to enter a mine, 76? more per ton to load coal) have spurred mine owners to mechanize. But Harlan's shallow (32 in. to 48 in.) seams make mechanization impractical. A third reason: rail costs from the heart of the Appalachian soft coal field have soared...