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...antagonism has not yet infected most other levels of Government, but there is constant and abrasive speculation over what officials are in which camp. Some authorities-inside the White House as well as out-got to talking one recent evening about bedrock allegiances in the Cabinet. Their remarkable conclusion was that in the showdown Bobby would ultimately command the loyalties of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz, Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman, Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall, United Nations Ambassador Arthur Goldberg and even Housing and Urban Development Secretary Robert Weaver, despite the harsh treatment...
...going on. Kennedy will have a clear advantage of the already-begun do-se-do maneuvering--Bobby to the left, Hubert to the right. Kennedy can keep making more and more liberal statements and never risk his standing with basically conservative big-city Roman Catholic voters that form the bedrock of his support. Humphrey, on the other hand, can lose the temperamental self-conscious liberal vote all too easily. There is evidence--boos at the California Democratic Council convention, for instance--that this group is already slipping away from...
...Down to Bedrock. Behind such determined optimism remains the harsh fact that Curtis is still losing money. By selling assets, however, and cutting the Post from 45 issues a year to 26, the company has held its 1965 losses to an estimated $6,000,000, compared with last year's $14 million. As a result, the company's money men feel that their operation has been vastly strengthened...
...paper mills to the printing and distribution of its magazines. Such integration saved money as long as business was brisk and Curtis' own magazines enjoyed heavy sales. When business slackened, the paper and printing plants were forced to operate well under capacity. "We are now down to bedrock," says Semenenko, who doubts that any more Curtis assets, including the venerable office building in Philadelphia, will be sold...
...altimeter error of as little as 30 ft. - which some scientists believe is the approximate depth of a layer of porous rock or partially compacted dust that covers the moon. Barringer's conclusion: Russian radar penetrated the moon's top layer, reflected back from the bedrock below and reported an incorrect altitude...