Jun 14 1968
From The Space Library
NAS announced establishment of 12-member Computer Science and Engineering Board chaired by Dr. Anthony G. Oettinger of Harvard Univ. to assess implications of rapid evolution of computers and their increasingly pervasive influence on individual lives and on the national welfare. (NAS Release; UPI, NYT, 6/15/68, 20)
AIA President Karl G. Harr, Jr., spoke before House Ways and Means Committee in support of H.R. 17551, Administration's proposed 1968 Trade Expansion Act. "It is no accident that the U.S. supplies more than 72 percent of the transport aircraft in airline use throughout the free world. . . . World markets have been won by designing and building products that are safe, reliable, economical, easy to maintain and backed by a vast network of manufacturers' service organizations." Industry's 1967 gross sales had been $27.2 billion, of which a record $2.2 billion or 8.3% of total were exported. In 1967, industry had accounted for more than 40% of U.S. merchandise trade surplus. Annual international sales revenue had exceeded $1 billion in 10 of past 12 yr. Recent Dillon, Read & Co. forecast, Harr said, showed U.S. commercial jet transport export sales would exceed $13 billion over next decade, anticipated gain of 300% over $3.2 billion in past decade. (Text)
USAF announced it had authorized resumption of flights by some of 42 F-111A aircraft grounded since May 8, after series of crashes. Tail control assembly rod, suspected cause of last crash, had been modified and installed in aircraft released. (AP, W Post, 6/15/68, A15; AP, W Star, 6/15/68, A10)
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