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The article profiles Robert L. Garner, who gives some of the most sense-making ideas on the problems of giving foreign aid and receiving it during the annual meeting of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF). Garner states that there are many instances where the chief responsibility of a government is to secure the maximum help from abroad without mobilizing its own resources. Furthermore, he adds that lack of economic development is due to the differences in people.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Report on the article "Murder She Says," by Michael Holquist; Discussion on English composer Benjamin Britten's music; Information on a new and expanded coverage of music with a new critic; Observation of problems related with injustice and human degradation in the U.S.; Withdrawal of the U.S. from the Jordanian agreement.

The article reports on the appointment of Michigan Republican committeeman Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield as chairperson of the Republican National Committee.

The article focuses on an explanation provided by Doctor Urner Liddel, chief nuclear physicist for the Office of Naval Research, on the existence of unidentified flying objects. Liddel claims that the flying saucers were actually giant plastic balloons called Skyhooks sent aloft by the U.S. Navy with electronic instruments to record cosmic rays. Liddel also confirmed that an Air Force pilot was killed while pursuing a Skyhook in Kentucky in 1948.

The article reviews the film "High Noon," starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, directed by Fred Zinnemann.

Reviews several theatrical productions of The Living Theatre performed by Judith Malina and Julian Beck. "Frankenstein"; "Antigone"; "Paradise Now"; "Mysteries and Smaller Pieces."

Focuses on the impact of racial consciousness among African Americans on the white community in the U.S. Reasons of African Americans for feeling ashamed of their social identity; Comparison of the African American with other minorities in the U.S.; Problems in establishing a relationship between African Americans and white people.

The article focuses on the period of jet transports in the U.S. It states that jet airplane, introduced by the U.S. to its citizens, transports 8,000,000 passengers every year. It says that 2.6 billion U.S. dollars will be spent by the U.S. in 1962 for new jetliners and ground facilities. It adds that to handle the planes, runways will have to be extended to a minimum of 10,500 feet by 7,500 feet.

The author shares his insights about certain selling practices as of April 1937. He differentiates competitive selling from creative selling with emphasis on the right selling policy of making customers rather than making sales. He views competitive selling as a distinct form of commercial bribery and unfair competition. He declares that the practice of providing incentives for salespeople to promote a manufacturer's product is the least productive of these selling practices.

The article discusses developments related to socio-economic conditions in the U.S. as of November 1, 1929. Topics highlighted include the U.S. Department of Agriculture's mishandling of cotton statistics, religion without the nonessential things and the adverse effects on health of a bad temper. Also highlighted is investors' need to remain realistic in making stock market purchases.

The article discusses the efforts of scientists to improve the methods of producing solid rocket fuels. It mentions that solid fuels are used for experimental missiles such as the Minuteman. The two types of solid rocket fuels are composite and double-base fuels. The processes used by Thiokol Chemical Corp. in producing composite fuels are discussed.

The article offers information on the forms of anxiety and its causes. It talks about the changes in relation to anxiety, the connections between guilt and anxiety, and the effects of these in human life. It discusses neurotic anxiety as irrational fear which is a response to unknown, internal, and unreal danger and as an essential factor in all neuroses in mental and psychosomatic illnesses. The categories, neurotic symptoms, and examples of anxiety are also presented.

The article mentions research on business communication skills in the United States and communication strategies for executives. Comments are made on books such as: "Written Communication in Business," by Robert L. Shurter; "Human Relations in Business," by Keith Davis; "The Process and Effects of Mass Communication," edited by Wilbur Schramm; "Psychology in Management," by Mason Haire; "Communication and Persuasion," by Carl Hovland, Irving Janis, and Harold Kelley; and research by Darrell Blaine Lucas and Steuart Henderson Britt, which was reported in the book, "Advertising Psychology and Research." Topics include the "association method" for overcoming resistance to an idea and two maxims proposed by G. Edward Pendray concerning public relations.

The article discusses developments in the life insurance industry in the U.S. as of March 1975. It claims that term life insurance sales is growing faster but whole life insurance remains the core of the industry. It cites that whole life insurance still accounts for two-thirds of the one trillion dollars worth of ordinary life insurance in the country.

Focuses on the public gathering after the death of former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at his house in Hyde Park. Memories of the wife of Roosevelt about her first meeting with Roosevelt and their relationship; Speeches delivered by U.S. Secretary of Interior, Julius A. Krug and President Harry S. Truman; Political achievements of Roosevelt; Types of books read by Roosevelt; Biography of Roosevelt described in the book "Hell-Bent for Election."

The article focuses on the performance of office equipment manufacturers in 1961. According to the author, the success of IBM has forced competitors to deal with the question of whether to get into computers and compete with IBM or stay out and face the risk of obsolescence. The author notes that the dominance of IBM is shown by the fact that at mid-1961, 83 percent of solid state digital computers on order were for IBM machines. INSET: PHASES OF EDP.

The article offers information on the role of U.S. Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harriman in the oil crisis. It states that as a result of his intervention, Richard Stokes, Great Britain's Lord Privy Seal, would now be working towards a solution to the crisis along with Iranian leaders in Tehran, Iran.

The article discusses the advantages of the adoption of computer control by steel companies in the U.S. It is asserted that making iron and steel is a process that is well adapted to computer control. Several rolling mills currently under construction are expected to be almost completely controlled by computers. According to specialty steel producer Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp., it trains its own staff for computer work and is experimenting with analog and general-purpose digital computers.

The article focuses on the adoption of computer control by chemical plants in the U.S. Most chemical companies are said to be reluctant to reveal how the competition will be able to benefit from the use of process computers. Engineers at du Pont and other companies assert that computer control is not economic in older plants, since it would be difficult to justify the costs of installing the instrumentation needed to make the process worthwhile.