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...Administration's biggest complaints was the fact that no one had previously informed the White House about the pricing plans. And so, shortly before midnight, off went White House telegrams to steel magnates who had not yet decided what to do. This resulted in a certain amount of confusion. One Pennsylvania-based steel company chief executive was away from home as late as 1:15 a.m. When the phone rang, his teen-aged daughter answered, was startled to hear a Western Union operator inform her, she thought, that she was being invited to Washington to discuss the matter...
Martha S. Kocel, a SNCC staff worker, said that SNCC felt its main responsibility, at present, was to inform people about what HUAC does and "how to defend yourself against...
...testified, he and three other disaffected members of Dodd's staff-the Senator's secretary, Marjorie Carpenter; his office manager-bookkeeper, Michael O'Hare; and an office worker, Terry Golden - came to believe that Dodd was guilty of "serious wrongdoing" and felt "a definite obligation to inform the public and the authorities...
Gibes & Rankles. Why not? The dialogue is the liveliest and most literate on the air, and for all Buckley's reputation as a slashing debater, the purpose of the hour-long weekly "colloquy" is to inform rather than to insult. And of course Buckley has an opinion about everything. Sometimes, unlikely as it seems, he is a little uncertain about his subject matter. Introducing a program with Steve Allen on capital punishment, Buckley conceded: "My own thinking on the subject is confused, which, come to think of it, should make Steve Allen feel quite at home...
Through an "administrative oversight," the Administration neglected to inform students of the impending disaster. When word leaked out, students panicked and called Gates. He confirmed the date, and on Wednesday a delegation of five students went to see Mrs. Bunting...