Word: byrds
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Virginia's Harry Byrd, 75, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, had been ailing for weeks, and Washingtonians freely surmised that the old budget watchdog had lost not only his bite, but also his bark. Little did they know. Last week Byrd came out roaring like a lion after reading in the Washington Post that "Budget Director Kermit Gordon told a congressional committee yesterday that a balanced budget would lead to increased unemployment, higher taxes and a general economic decline...
...that account was correct, growled Byrd. the President ought to fire Gordon forthwith.* "I submit that a man who thinks a balanced budget would be a catastrophe does not have the frame of mind to direct the budget . . . Responsible fiscal positions should be filled with sound men. If we do not get crackpot economists out of these positions, the American system will be lost...
...firm stand against the socialletis platforms that were then shaping up. For 20 years, we have steed upon the sound foundation of constitutional government and states' rights. In the last Presidential election, our people voted unpledged and we gave our electoral votes to that great conservative, Sen. Harry Byrd of Virginia...
...Crimson Key Society last night elected officers for the coming year. Elected were: John A. Purvie '64, of Dunster House and Denver, Colorado, president; Chase W. Johnson '64, vicepresident; William M. Byrd '64, secretary; Bernard S. Rappaport '65, treasurer; Benjamin F. Stapleton III '64, chairman of schools committee; Earl M. Leiken '64, chairman of the athletis committee; Donald S. Stern '64, chairman of the university guides committee; and Robert T. Kudrle '64, chairman of the freshman orientation committee...
Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros (Riverside) casts Guitarist Charlie Byrd in with a mixture of accompanists who sometimes keep the pace and sometimes fall behind. Remarkably, either event serves to enhance Byrd's richly inventive style. He manages to make bossa nova sound almost like music...