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...Rayburn made it clear that he still considered himself the man in charge of the House. Despite big campaign promises of legislation for teachers' salaries, the emphasis, he said, would be on school construction-period. Vice President Johnson came away with two new assignments: chairmanship of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, which will set U.S. space exploration goals for both military and civilian agencies, and chairmanship of the Committee on Government Contract Compliance, aimed at ending discrimination in companies that deal with the Federal Government (outgoing chairman: Vice President Richard M. Nixon...
Ridley Watts '23 has been named general chairman of the Program. Much of the $21,627,838 already in hand or in sight--including the $7.5 million cost of the library--was provided through the Harvard Medical Center Fund, under the chairmanship of William M. Rand...
...McShane had investigated Hoffa for the FBI in 1957, twice testified against him in the wiretap case. Fortnight ago. splitting 2 to 1 in favor of Hoffa, the U.S. Appeals Court in Washington bounced McShane, ruled that either the Teamsters or the insurgents could block any appointee for the chairmanship on "reasonable grounds...
Byzantine Intrigue. Initially, Trujillo responded to the possibility of OAS action against his dictatorship by trying to camouflage the regime. Oppositionists were encouraged to participate in next year's elections. Trujillo removed himself from the palace, his brother Hector from the presidency, his son Ramfis from the chairmanship of the combined chiefs of staff. He turned over the regime to Vice President Joaquin Balaguer, an old henchman...
...Aviation Corp. to join Ford as executive vice president. He reorganized production, boosted prices, brought in new executives, became board chairman in 1955. Since the company prefers to have a Ford in the presidency for the prestige of the name, Henry Ford will probably keep the presidency, not the chairmanship. Likely prospect as new chairman: austere, brainy Ford Vice President Robert Strange McNamara, 44. ¶Edward Herman Little, 79, retired as chief executive officer of Colgate-Palmolive Co., a post he has held since 1938. He will remain chairman of the board. Succeeding Little as chief executive is George Henry...