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Next day, when he breezed into the Yankee office for a contract chat with General Manager Roy Hamey, perennial Holdout Mantle was the picture of noblesse oblige. He signed without protest for $82,000-the second highest salary in Yankee history (topped only by Joe DiMaggio's $100,000) and a $10,000 boost over his 1961 earnings. Then he sparred pleasantly with newsmen. Would he try to cut down on strike-outs (112 in 1961) next season? "That's been my goal for six straight years," said Mantle. "I haven't done much about...
Some House members are still expected to hold out on their dues, however, Mack admitted. Commented one such holdout: "Latin si, dues cards...
...ultramodern, $75 version of the old "holdout" machine that fits on the arm, slips needed cards down the sleeve into the wearer's hand at the flick of a muscle...
...hope did not last long. Even before Kennedy spoke, Russian-supplied guns opened up on the small Laotian village of Padong, high on a 6,000-ft. ridge in Communist-held territory, but manned by two holdout battalions of royal soldiers, most of them untrained Meo tribesmen. The barrage lasted all day and all night, and at dawn the defenders fled, leaving the village to the Communists...
...disproportionate U.S. contribution to Western defense and foreign aid is a major part of the gold exodus that has lowered U.S. bullion reserves from $24 billion in 1948 to $18.5 billion today. In September, U.S. officials spoke bluntly to Bonn's visiting Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard. But the real holdout appears to be Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. President Eisenhower himself has private- ly written Adenauer asking for more German help. Later this month, both Secretary of the Treasury Robert Anderson and Under Secretary of State Douglas Dillon will travel to Bonn to put the case to the Chancellor in person. They...