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...question is whether the drain on our resources has any relationship to the strategic values of our remaining in Korea," Leach said. He is special consultant to the Secretary of the Air Force. "It costs us 15,000 men a month to continue the Korean operation...
...next four years, more than $21 billion in Government war bonds (Series E) will be due for payment. To prevent a drain on the Treasury and keep the cash from adding to inflation, Treasury Secretary John Snyder last week came out with a plan. Its nub: encourage people to hold on to their E bonds by continuing the interest after maturity. If they keep the bonds for ten more years, they will collect an average annual interest of 2.9%. As an alternative for those who want to collect on their bonds every year, Snyder would permit them to convert their...
...cancellations were in no way connected with the draft situation or with any kind of de-emphasis of athletics," he said. "We eliminated the games because travel expenses were too big." Dartmouth dropped wrestling as a varsity sport two years ago because of the financial drain...
...India's 176 million cow population perform the useful function of providing motive power, milk, and dung for fuel. The relatively small number of aged cattle who roam the streets and paths are cared for like beggars by the community. Their meager grass ration is no serious drain on food resources...
...Petroleum Co., which used 81% of the money to bail out creditors; and $975,000 to Reno's Mapes Hotel, which gets a big part of its income from a thriving gambling concession. Congressional probers had found that 50% of all RFC business loans had gone down the drain of shaky companies instead of being used to finance new ventures...