Letters: Oct. 6, 1967

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Sir: I was pleased to read of your overdue discovery of the "other" Acapulco [Sept. 22]. However, the estimate of 200 murders a month in Guerrero refers only to the reported killings. The true figure is probably twice that amount—a frightening statistic considering that the entire state has only about one-tenth the population of New York City. One likes to think that your article has enlightened a few of the millions of tourists who see the palm trees but not the rats hiding below their branches.

NINA ACEVEDO R.

Acapulco, Mexico

Caveat Economist?

Sir: Your Essay, "The Merits of Speculation" [Sept. 22] honestly reflects the pragmatic urgings that motivate individual traders as well as conveying some reasonable caveats, which we—individually and collectively—are well advised to heed.

L. DEE BEL VEAL

Consulting Economist

Belveal & Co., Inc.

Wilmette, Ill.

Wrong Plane

Sir: You reported that the death of Mohammed bin Ladin, Saudi Arabia's construction king [Sept. 15], was caused by injuries sustained in the crash of his Hawker Siddeley (De Havilland) DH-125 executive jet. It was not a DH-125 but a light twin-engined aircraft.

BERNHARD B. BUNDESMAN

President

Hawker Siddeley International, Inc.

Flushing, N.Y.

> TIME erred. The plane involved was a Beechcraft Model D-18.

The Impossible Dream

Sir: Reuther would do far better to use his strike fund to purchase common stock in Ford [Sept. 15]. Within ten years he could virtually own the company and write his own contracts.

PETER L. KROHN

Easton, Pa.

Sir: The time is ripe for L.B.J.'s attempt to walk on Walter.

PAUL H. JOHNSON

Lake Crystal, Minn.

Toilet Patrol & Test Tubes

Sir: When teachers [Sept. 22] grow up and start acting like professionals again, they will be treated as such. How can we expect today's young people to mature when they see the example their teachers are setting—bickering over petty grievances like toilet patrol and playground supervision. Really now!

MARY ANN CHANDLER

Columbus, Ohio

Sir: Being trusted with million-dollar minds but not with 20-cent test tubes is what gives rise to pain.

JOHN ALLEN BUCKNER

Kent, Wash.

Pei & Partners

Sir: I wish to correct an error in your otherwise very excellent article on the National Center for Atmospheric Research [Sept. 22]. While the Place Ville-Marie complex in Montreal was the work of our office, my partner, Mr. Henry N. Cobb, should be credited with the responsibility for the design and execution of this project.

I. M. PEI

I. M. Pei & Partners, Architects

Manhattan

>As its most renowned member points out, the firm of I. M. Pei & Partners is indeed a widely creative partnership, with Henry N. Cobb responsible for the Place Ville-Marie, Araldo A. Cossutta for Washington's L'Enfant Plaza and Eason H. Leonard for having performed a major design role in Denver's Mile-High Center.

Perils of Parenthood