Word: cannoneering
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...February 22 issue, old and new subscribers began writing in to wish us happy birthday. Some have been sentimental, some tart and a few downright caustic. From Lincoln, Neb., Carl H. Steelquist wrote that he had gotten out his copy of Vol. I No. 1. with House Speaker Joe Cannon on the cover, and sat down to tell us "I have enjoyed TIME these 40 years and wish continued success for you." Then Albert Mallen of New York City whacked us about some errors we have had to admit, but softened the blow by ending with "Happy Birthday...
...Untouchables (ABC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). Even non-Ness fans may get a chill out of "Man in the Cooler," with J. D. Cannon and Salome Jens, directed by Ida Lupino...
...there were snags in the Europa Panzer scheme. The Germans, sold on the idea of a safer, cheaper multifuel engine, which works best on diesel oil, sniffed at the French motor design. And Bonn defense chiefs preferred a fast-firing British 105-mm. cannon that did not fit the chassis the French were talking about...
...Case, ended up spoofing the Administration more. The New Yorker traces "The Inner Inside Story of the Canadian Crisis'' as told by "Stewart Dawk and Charles Hove." The Administration has evidence that an innocent-looking ski lodge in the Laurentians "was in fact a 'snow cannon' emplacement capable of pelting New York and New England with more than 150,000 deadly, hardpacked snowballs!" The newly elected junior Senator from Massachusetts eloquently argues the "soft line" because he is worried about contamination of Gloucester fisheries; the Attorney General hawkishly snaps, "Let's get it over with...
...Chilling Effect." As if the stated figures were not bad enough, most Congressmen recognized that Presidents are traditionally and notoriously overoptimistic in estimating the size of budget deficits. Missouri's Cannon complained on the floor of the House that over the past nine years the Administration budgetmakers have underestimated the red ink by a net total of $37.5 billion. "They were feasting on the delights of sweet anticipation," growled Cannon. "But now we are gnawing on the cold corncob of stern reality." For example, only a year ago Kennedy submitted a 1963 budget indicating a surplus of $500 million...