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...Saving Time. From Langley, Tito and his statuesque wife Jovanka, 39, drove to colonial Williamsburg and spent 30 minutes touring the town that the Rockefellers restored to 18th century authenticity at an expense of $72 million. Their home for the night was Williamsburg's 200-year-old Allen-Byrd House...
That was it. Precisely five hours and 45 minutes after he arrived at the White House, Tito was hustled off again. Worn by the pace and by the sudden change in climate and elevation from 1½-milehigh Mexico City, Tito returned to the Allen-Byrd House feeling ill, had nothing but two bowls of consommé for dinner. His personal physicians discovered that he was running a slight fever (100.2°), diagnosed it as a mild case of influenza. His scheduled trip to Yosemite National Park and San Fran cisco was canceled, which probably came as a relief...
Criticism by Republicans of President Kennedy's tax cut bill was predictable. So was that of such a fiscal conservative as Democrat Harry Byrd. The bill can probably pass over their opposition, but it will need down-the-line support from liberals. And for that reason the man whom White House strategists are most worried about is Tennessee's Albert Arnold Gore, 55, a liberal member of the Senate Finance Committee whose dislike of the bill may influence other liberals...
...seven months the bill had wallowed in the House Ways and Means Committee, finally emerged and was passed by the House, with significant changes from Kennedy's original version. Now, at last, it was before Senator Harry Byrd's Finance Committee. But Virginia's Byrd is an all-out foe of cutting taxes without cutting federal spending, which the Administration definitely does not propose. So the measure is destined for more rough, slow sledding...
Throughout it all, Chairman Byrd benignly regarded Dillon from behind blue-tinted glasses, mildly noted that the House bill would result in an average annual saving of $110-$2 a week-for each taxpayer. Byrd merely wanted to know how such "cigarette money" would really stimulate the U.S. economy. Dillon replied defensively that while the cut might not mean much to individuals, the total effect would be impressive. Byrd nodded. Things were going his way-slowly. There were still about 170 witnesses, pro and con, scheduled to be heard by his committee. Doubtless some of them would argue -as have...