Word: companions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Made a similarly hefty dent in the military aid bill, companion measure to the economic bill, cutting by $125 million the Administration's $917 million request. Some $636 million in military aid for South Viet Nam, included in the defense-appropriations bill, was not affected...
...aviator in 1964. Shot down over the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos last February, it took him until June 27 to escape. He and another U.S. pilot slogged through the jungle for 20 days, living on roots and bananas, until a North Vietnamese patrol snared Dengler's companion. While the Navyman watched in horror from cover, the Reds summarily beheaded Dengler's buddy. Three days later Dengler was rescued by an Air Force "Jolly Green" helicopter-and of course the Russians immediately claimed that Dengler was a West German "mercenary" in American disguise, one of many (claimed...
...companion case, dissenting Judge John Van Voorhis protested that the policeman involved was only "allegedly" frisking for a weapon when he discovered a supply of heroin in the defendant's pockets. "Without probable cause," said Van Voorhis, "the frisk discovered the heroin, then the heroin served as a basis for arrest, which, in turn, was claimed to justify the search which disclosed it." Judge Van Voorhis insisted that a frisk should be tightly limited to its only legitimate purpose: "To discover and seize dangerous weapons." If it becomes "a general search of the person" in patent violation...
...Lesson is a real loser. Admittedly the repertory form limits expanse as well as expense, but a charcoal-black flap can make a pretty ugly stage. Still, everything in its place. The Lesson is a competent, funny production -- everything, in short, that its companion one-acter...
After last October's revolt, the 54-year-old King flew off to vacation in Switzerland with his curvaceous French companion, Josy. There he visited his son, a student at Lausanne University. A few weeks ago, young Charles, after flunking his exams, flew to Burundi, ostensibly to prepare for his father's return in late July. Instead, Charles fired off three telegrams to his father, announcing that he had seized power. Burundi's 2,750,000 inhabitants got the word through a radio broadcast from the capital of Bujumbura, in which Charles denounced the country...