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Passionate Loser. It dawned on Lyndon Johnson's subcommittee that Johnson's statements plus Brucker's account of bargaining with one of his generals over a duty assignment had indeed done an injustice to the record of a distinguished soldier. Back to Capitol Hill next day went Jim Gavin for another run-through before the committee and another press statement. Said Gavin: "I can do better for the Army outside than in. I have no ax to grind. I am not unhappy with my Secretary. I am not going out to write and raise a rumpus...
Missiles & Planes. Defense expenditures of $39.8 billion account for a whacking 54% of the budget. Atop that, the budget includes a $500 million defense contingency fund, to be spent as the President sees fit, so the real defense total is $40.3 billion, up $2.7 billion from the pre-Sputnik level. Missile procurement is listed for $600 million more, but aircraft procurement for $600 million less. Also up: nuclear submarines, research and development, construction of Strategic Air Command bases...
Both Anderson and his coach, Bill McCurdy, are confident that he will give a good account of himself, despite the high calibre of the competition and his own unfamiliarity with the 1000-yard distance. "It won't surprise if he goes out and wins that race," McCurdy said yesterday...
...Yardling B game was also scheduled for tomorrow, but was changed on account of the team's trip to Williams...
...year man was limited to a $12,600 house, is now eligible for a $16,500 house; a $9,000-a-year man was confined to a $14,400 house, can now buy a $21,600 house. Furthermore, a wife's income, which was usually not taken into account, is now likely to be counted if she has a steady...