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...Actually, many "defense" operations bear little or no relation to national security, e.g., the Federal Government still owns and operates about 168 icecream plants in 36 states, 23 in California alone. Such nonessential activities drain off men and money that could better be used for the defense of the nation. But cutting back almost any Government activity brings protests from Capitol Hill. For example, Massachusetts' Senator John F. Kennedy has already protested to the Navy against shutting down the Ropewalk, on the grounds that it is necessary to the "national interest." In the huge, amorphous layers of Government...
...unfavorably for Britain: imports are costing too much, exports not earning enough. Result: the sterling area's gold and dollar reserves, which rose by $501 million in the first half of 1954, fell by $258 million in the second half. Butler's recent efforts to halt the drain (TIME, March 7) appeared to be working. "But we cannot be satisfied yet," he said. "It is only by looking forward and outward, by expansion, by liberating the human spirit to give and do of its best, that our island people can survive." Laborites jeered; taken slightly aback, Butler...
Playwright Paddy Chayefsky scatters such sidewalk epiphanies with a liberal hand through this almost too clever script, which he adapted from his own television play. Many of his coins go down the drain and others are too bright and shiny for belief; but at his best this writer, who was born and raised in a Jewish-Italian part of The Bronx, can find the vernacular truth and beauty in ordinary lives and feelings. And he can say things about his people that he could never get away with if he were not a member of the family...
...greatest drain upon book resources has been the growing popularity of phonograph records. Ever since a music-minded Dunster chairman spent the House's entire sum stocking his favorite albums, this portion has been limited to one third of the grant, or $200. Nevertheless, with library committees, always spending the maximum for records, book needs are slighted. Since the original figure of $600 did not take into account these unexpected purchases, the College should now increase its House library grants...
...Durham, doctors put him on the critical list, called for blood donors. As Willie grew weaker, an old gastric ulcer opened up, added to the blood loss. Clotting drugs (e.g., thrombin and Gelfoam) and antihemophilic globulin flown in from the Health Department in Lansing, Mich. failed to halt the drain. Moreover, antibodies built up from previous transfusions neutralized the clotting qualities of the newly transfused blood. Last week, after 442 hours of bleeding, Willie Cooke died, having taken a record 400 pints (232 of whole blood, 168 of plasma). Previous holder of the tragic record: Dallas' Hubert Harris (TIME...