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...same evening U.S. Ambassador Walter McConaughy drove to Rhee's palace through gunfire and blackout to hammer Herter's point home. Unspoken, but clearly recognized by Rhee, was the possibility that unless his government mended its ways, President Eisenhower might not only cancel his recently scheduled trip to Korea but might even re-examine the question of the $200-$300 million in aid that the U.S. gives to South Korea annually...
...Reward was disqualified at a cost of $77,800 to Owner Elizabeth Arden Graham, and Tim Tam went on to win the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. It was at about that point that trainers began shrugging Ycaza off as a foolish kid who let a hot temper cancel out cold talent...
...months the athletic directors of the Midwest's Big Ten, the nation's toughest conference across the board, have feuded with faculties determined to tone down the heavy emphasis on sports. Last week faculty representatives voted to cancel the 14-year pact with the Rose Bowl (where Big Ten teams won twelve times). In an apparent fit of petulance, the athletic directors then recommended abolishing all post-season competition in all sports, including the prestigious N.C.A.A. championships in basketball, swimming and track. The faculty representatives promptly supported the proposal. If finally ratified by the individual universities...
From house to house in Portland moved union teams, exhorting tenants to cancel their subscriptions to Portland's two daily newspapers, the morning Oregonian and the evening Oregon Journal. As a substitute, subscribers had the offer of a new weekly tabloid published by the Portland Interunion Newspaper Committee in a desperate attempt to win a strike that was already three months old. During those three months, the dispute had become a finish fight, eyed closely by printing-craft union men and newspaper publishers all over the U.S. At stake: the capability of newspapers, using modern equipment, to get along...
...public 1) puts "keeping the peace" far ahead of all other national issues, and 2) believes, by a margin of 7 to 5, that the Republican Party is able to keep the peace better than the Democratic Party. That 7-to-5 margin may be more than enough to cancel out any gains the Democrats can squeeze out of the missile gap. Shrewdly aware that "peace" rather than national defense is the No. 1 issue as the public sees it, Hubert Humphrey has been comparatively quiet about the missile gap, has stressed disarmament instead. "There is a real possibility...