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Twenty-five years have seen Japan grow from a defeated midget to a powerful giant. America, take note...
...midget step in the Pentagon's forced march toward economy, Air Force Chief of Staff John Ryan wants his service to scotch its eleven-man bagpipe and drum contingent. The ostensible reason is to save $50,000 a year; some suggest that Mrs. Ryan cringes at the sight of American fighting men in the national costume of a foreign land. Anyway, the pipes that wailed a lament at Jack Kennedy's funeral, welcomed distinguished White House visitors, and enlivened countless county fairs throughout the U.S., are scheduled to sound their own dirge at a final Washington concert this...
...Administration's rationale is that a midget surplus gives congressional spenders less room to operate. Had the Administration clung to its original aim of a $3 billion surplus for fiscal 1971, explains a top Budget Bureau official, the effect would have been to encourage Congress to raise its spending sights. More important, Nixon's successful veto of the Labor-HEW bill last week (see following story) and his threat to impound other funds that he considers excess will probably inhibit congressional spenders...
...your leisure, you can page through ads for shoulder holsters, handcuffs, parking meters, and a variety of tear gas cannisters. The Mighty Midget Emergency Kit has "Two Six Packs To Go," featuring optional loading of CN, CS Irritant, or DM sickening...
Bill Veeck signed a midget to play major league baseball. He gave a yacht to one of the outstanding pitchers on his team. This spring various lucky bettors received prizes at Suffolk Downs--from a case of champagne to a steer. It is unfortunate that a man of such rare promotional genius should be fettered by local politics. In the end Veeck's way will bring more money to the state coffers than anyone else's way, and that is what the state is after anyway...