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Moscow knows that Curt LeMay can drop SAC's bombs on target and on schedule; Washington knows that he can drop his hard, soldierly opinions the same...
...Wilson, to fire a challenging round. His "best information," said Engine Charlie enigmatically at a news conference, was that the Russians are indeed producing more long-range bombers than the U.S., but "in itself that is not a very high rate either for us or for them." Speaking of Curt LeMay, he added: "A dedicated specialist usually gets pretty well sold on his particular part of the business. That is no criticism . . . but in my experience, if you added up the desires and the stated needs and ambi tions of all your specialists, you would have an impossible total...
Bolstering Wilson's point, another top-level Administration spokesman declared that to give LeMay everything he wants for SAC (including a force of 1,800 B-525 in 1958 rather than the 500 now planned) would require an immediate increase of $55 billion in SAC appropriations. "Curt LeMay," said the spokesman half in admiration, "thinks only...
Rookie Bob Bowman and Roy Smalley hit the homers for the Phillies, but their efforts failed as Curt Simmons gave up four runs on five hits and six walks in the first five innings...
Malia, who spent nearly five months in the Soviet Union late last year arranging East-West exchange of books and periodicals, spoke under the auspices of the CRIMSON, and was introduced by Michael Karpovich, Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature...