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...willingness to give blanket backing to the candidates which Republicans (and not a few Democrats) have nominated has a complementary attitude of determination the the GOP "Irresponsibles" can be more effectively disciplined within the competence of elected party leadership than without. . . . John R. H. Blum...
...Only Begun." One man who felt the courage in the speech was Ike Eisenhower-perhaps the one man whom Nixon had uppermost in his mind during the broadcast. Soon after he was off the air Nixon got Ike's telegram of congratulation (see below). There was still no blanket vindication, but Ike suggested a meeting with Nixon in Wheeling, W. Va. Said Nixon happily, as he hopped off for Wheeling from Stapleton airport in Denver: "I'm going to Wheeling to meet the man there who will be the next President of the United States ... I can tell...
...fabulous Vanderbilt family estate, Biltmore, outside Asheville. "Somethin' like 3,000 acres," mused Caudle. "Wild turkeys everywhere you looked. Just floppin' around every whichaway." Caudle and Clark were right close: one cold night at Clark's house, they sat huddled up together under one blanket for hours while working on a case. But was he to blame for carrying out Clark's orders...
...done. If so, the "power only" reactors of the future can burn all of their uranium, not merely the .7% that is naturally fissionable. There will be no need for the Government to buy their plutonium; it will be burned too. If uranium gets scarce, the "fertile blanket" can be made of thorium, which neutrons turn into fissionable U-233-Dr. Zinn did not give the cost of natural uranium, but he estimated that if it cost $35 a Ib. (probably a generous figure), the fuel cost of the power produced from it would be only .0013? a kilowatt-hour...
With Lockheed closed, the I.A.M. then tried to strike Douglas' plants at Santa Monica and El Segundo, demanding a blanket 9?-an-hour increase. Douglas offered 5?, and 13,000 El Segundo workers walked out. But at the main Santa Monica plant, Douglas' more experienced workers refused to let Local Union President Stan Decker stampede them, met to ballot on a strike. During the day, they had heard the plant loudspeaker repeat a telegram from Defense Secretary Robert...