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...Rewriting History." Bobby Kennedy's oversimplified statement of the case stirred up strong reactions. In a TV interview, Dwight Eisenhower shrugged off any blame for the fiasco, said that his Administration had contemplated no more than support for a "guerrilla type of action" in the Cuban mountains. (At least two plans had been talked up in the Eisenhower days-a guerrilla type of action, and a direct invasion with U.S. air and logistics support. The final decision fell to Kennedy...
Against the American Grain, by Dwight Macdonald'. In a series of engaging essays, a razor-witted critic hews an assortment of U.S. cultural pretensions down to size...
...which rolls out the pork barrel. When other Senators wanted approval of pet home-state spending projects, they had to come to Kerr-and he always remembered his debtors. He was as ruthless in public debate as in private trading. He once made a Senate speech claiming that Republican Dwight Eisenhower could not comprehend the nation's fiscal policies, "because one cannot do that without brains, and he does not have them." There upon Indiana's loyal but hapless Republican Senator Homer Capehart rose to protest. The next day Kerr answered Capehart with a deft revision...
Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, Mich., $54,000; Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., Jacksonville, $15,000; Anderson, Clayton & Co., Houston, $10,000; Church & Dwight Co., N.Y.C., $4,375; Moore & Co. Soups Inc., Newark...
...everybody was at Palm Beach -and Kennedy was not the only U.S. political leader having thoughts. During the Washington dog days before the opening of Congress, New York Times Correspondent Felix Belair Jr. wandered up to Gettysburg, talked to Dwight Eisenhower, and came away with quite a story. Upon leaving the White House, Ike had vowed to devote much of his post-presidential retirement to applying the lessons of his experience to the nation's problems. Now he was ready with some warnings-and some specific proposals...