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...Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe for control of the small but strategic Western Pacific Railroad, Don Russell argued that S.P. control of the Western would eliminate "wasteful duplication of facilities." Russell, head of the railroad with the biggest profits in the U.S. (1960 earnings: $65,400,000), is an ardent champion of mergers of competing "side-by-side" railroads. But the rival Santa Fe, whose tracks tie to Western's, contends that "side-by-side" mergers create monopolies, advocates instead "end-to-end" mergers...
...watchdog on the work of the Central Intelligence Agency. A brainy, courageous combat warrior, but not much of a team player, Taylor is likely to get a tepid "welcome back" as far as the Pentagon is concerned. Many top military thinkers suspect that Army Man Taylor-an ardent believer in strong, but conventionally armed ground forces-will have a greater say with the President than the Joint Chiefs, who are supposed to serve as Kennedy's principal advisers...
...ardent Air Force rooter. Goldwater has persistently backed presidential requests for military spending...
...there were still many who supported the plan on humanitarian grounds. The committee reported a sudden surge of 10,000 letters (and presumed donations) after an emotional appeal by TV's Jack Paar, who was a onetime ardent admirer of Castro's. Fund-raising drives were under way in eleven Latin American countries, and the New York Times's Tad Szulc reported an "ever-so-rare spectacle of Latin American public opinion being aroused against Premier Fidel Castro and in favor of the United States...
Kerchiefed gypsies circulated through the crowd, reading palms and picking pockets. Touts cajoled reluctant punters, and billboards blandly offered bets on credit. Half of England was on hand last week for the 182nd running of the Derby at Epsom Downs-but not even Queen Elizabeth II, an ardent horsewoman, was prepared for what happened...