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What was the cause of the fracas? "Maronite honor, prestige, glory," said a local priest, adding with a shrug, "nothing much."
The failure of the first Air Force test Atlas gave underdog Army spokesmen new confidence in the bitter interservice fracas on U.S. missile dominance. Against Atlas' crash and the Air Force's bug-ridden 1,500-mile Thor missile, the Army touted its own relatively successful 1,500...
Advance in Adversity. The Eisenhower Administration had suffered a painful set-back-yet surprisingly, the overall prospects for the defense budget were improved during the week. President Eisenhower continued to take active leadership in the fight. As rarely before during the budget fracas, his Administration was marching in step. Even...
On one day the Capitol grounds were redolent with the chicken being barbecued for Congressmen (among the munchers for the promotional stunt celebrating "Chicken Day" were Speaker Sam Rayburn and House Minority Leader Joe Martin). But Washington's air was not filled with the fragrance of flowers, or even...
By calling Mary Martin (in Born Yesterday) "TV champion," TIME, Nov. 5 implies that she walloped Elvis Presley (on The Ed Sullivan Show) in the weekly Sunday-at-8 fracas. According to Trendex pulse-takers, Elvis outwriggled Mary 39.1 to 18.4.