Word: mediums
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...failure of McNamara's five-year plan. That plan includes Polaris submarines with advanced missiles that nearly double their striking range to 2,500 miles. And to close the range gap between the Polaris and the 350-mile Pershing tactical missiles, McNamara has ordered research on a new medium-range missile that can be fired either from surface ships or mobile ground launchers. Through improved airlift, U.S. troops will be able to move much more rapidly to the world's trouble spots. Sealift for amphibious operations will be increased, but the future of the fleet is in question...
...very thoroughness of McNamara's presentation there was positive evidence of a chilling fact: no matter that the Russians have removed their medium-and long-range nuclear missiles from Cuba, no matter that they have taken away their IL-28 bombers -they still have impressive military strength in Cuba...
...there are at least 17,000 Russians in Cuba. The Kennedy Administration makes a great point that this represents a decrease from the peak strength of about 22,000 reached last October; hardly mentioned is the fact that the 5,000 who left were specialists sent to handle the medium-and long-range missiles that Khrushchev pulled...
Reynolds is afraid that the proposed action may seriously hinder donations by "the medium-sized givers, a group that is awfully important to us." Under the bill, charitable gifts, interest payments and local taxes will be deductible only if they exceed five per cent of the donor's income. Most alumni donations, many of only $10, would therefore not be deductible...
...uproar in the U.S. over Soviet Russia's military presence in Cuba grew louder by the week. Rising in the Senate, New York's Republican Kenneth B. Keating reported that "there is absolutely confirmed and undeniable evidence that the Soviets are maintaining the medium-range missile sites they had previously constructed in Cuba. This gives rise to the very real possibility that Russia hopes to return the heavy missiles to the island -or, even more ominous, that they may have left missiles on the island and need only to wheel them out of caves...