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...edge of Viet Nam's DMZ last week, TIME Correspondent David Greenway, like the Marines whose activities he was reporting, found himself spending much of his time hunkered down in foxholes. The way to stay healthy was to steer clear of incoming artillery shells...
...fire the Walleye, the pilot points the bomb at the intended target until the camera has locked onto the object, which must be bright and distinct enough to stand out from the surroundings. Then, as the missile is released and glides groundward, the camera commands stubby fins that steer the projectile into the target. Increasingly, the Walleye is fixing its baleful stare on the few remaining choice targets in North Viet...
With former Book Week Editor Theo dore Solotaroff at the editorial helm, it is trying to steer a sprightly yet sober course-between being a vessel of the mad moment and a steady bearer of lasting literature. If it sometimes flounders in confusion, N.A.R., Number 1 is a more than welcome sight on current publishing waters, which are elsewhere choked with literary junks...
Auto Expert Ken VV. Purdy, author of the recently published Young People and Driving, believes that tougher, more realistic driving tests are the best bet. Most drivers, Purdy says, only learn to start, stop and steer. Tfte mark of a good driver is his ability to handle a skid, which almost no U.S. driving school teaches. And as a near infallible rule for staying out of trouble, Purdy cites the old truck drivers' maxim...
...kneed, wishy-washy liberal," as Barnett put it, Winter felt obliged to declare: "As a fifth-generation Mississippian whose grandfather rode with General Forrest, I was born a segregationist and raised a segregationist. I have always defended this position. I defend it now." Nonetheless, he has also managed to steer the debate toward Mississippi's myriad shortcomings-which include the nation's lowest per capita income ($1,751 v. a national average...