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...likely to wind up at $265 billion. That would further pare the deficit to around $15 billion. More than that, it would bring expenditures into approximate balance with the revenues that the tax system would generate if the economy were operating at full employment. Although federal spending would climb about $15 billion from this fiscal year, the increase would be entirely accounted for by rises, already dictated by law, in Social Security benefits, federal pay, interest on the national debt and other built-in expenditures. There would not be a penny for any new federal programs-presumably including Nixon...
That good news comes with a reminder that a vigorous economy exacts its price, part of which is upward pressure on interest rates caused by the surge in loan demand. Short-term interest rates continued to climb last week, making borrowing more expensive. Rates on commercial paper rose by as much as three-eighths of 1%, to 5%. Short-term Treasury-bill rates went up to 4.57%, the highest in almost a year, and in a move that other banks are certain to follow, New York's First National City Bank raised its prime lending rate to businessmen from...
Recharging. There is, of course, some time to relax. Says Stewart: "It's extremely important for me to do some fishing, climb a hill, look at the trees and mountains and lakes." Rehnquist, one of the court's most gregarious members, last week returned from two days in Gooseprairie with Justice and Mrs. Douglas. How had the court's most conservative and liberal members fared? "We had a great time," Rehnquist reported. "We have a lot in common. We all love the out-of-doors...
...sudden sensation. In fact, before this month, he had won just one of the troupe's tournaments. But his Longwood triumph seemed more of a weathervane than a fluke. At a time when some of the established stars appear to be slipping, Lutz seems to be on the climb-despite a loss in the first round of a Cleveland tournament later last week...
...they are called, are 30 ft. in diameter, and will be able to track hundreds of incoming warheads from several hundred miles out. At their direction, the MSR will launch both long-range missiles and fast little Sprint missiles, which have a range of 25 miles and can climb to 50,000 ft. in two heartbeats. There is a "farm" of 30 Spartans just to the west of the MSR. Scattered round are smaller farms containing 68 Sprints. "They are just tin cans in the ground," explained an official, "and they pop up 25 miles on release...