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That was the way a vast majority of the people's representatives on Capitol Hill wanted it to be. But not everyone was content to leave it that way. Among those who were not was Admiral Robert B. (for Bostwick) Carney, eager Chief of Naval Operations. Apparently aiming to prepare the public, Admiral Carney gave reporters his off-the-record estimate that the Chinese Communists would probably begin an attack on the offshore islands by the end of April...
...words that echoed around the world were uttered at a table for twelve in a private dining room of Washington's Sheraton-Carlton Hotel. Admiral Carney had accepted an invitation to dinner from a group of top-level Washington correspondents and bureau chiefs, who wanted his estimate of the Asian situation, particularly in the light of his recent visit there. Under the accepted ground rules for such Washington "background"' conferences-absolutely no attribution to the guest-"Mick" Carney had his say. After the correspondents checked the admiral's statements with some of their other sources in Washington...
...what he said stood as the U.S. Government's estimate of the Far East situation. Then James Hagerty, the President's news secretary, splashed ice water all over the admiral's estimate. At his own "background" dinner with a larger contingent of correspondents, Hagerty said that Carney's story did not represent the view of the Eisenhower Administration...
...Force's General Nathan F. Twining and the Navy's Admiral Robert B. Carney will also be reappointed...
...fire." When the figures were set. Jackie recalled: "First they said $6,000,000 and my mouth dropped open. They mistook it for reticence and upped it a million." The new contract calls for a half-hour filmed show featuring Gleason and his sidekicks. Art Carney, Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph, in The Honeymooners. This is an expanded version of a series of sketches running on his current program, which stars Jackie as Ralph Kramden, a frantic schemer who, unlike Jackie in real life, is always going nowhere in particular in a great hurry. Jackie Gleason Enterprises will retain ownership...