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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strict ceiling on military spending could disastrously weaken the nation's defenses. But a ceiling that is merely uncomfortable can have beneficial results: it can force military leaders to cut down on overlap, make choices between concepts and weapons. Defense Secretary Neil McElroy, backed up by the President, has tried to hold the 1960 defense budget to a distinctly uncomfortable $41.6 billion, i.e., this year's level plus a 2% inflation factor. And one result of the painful ceiling is that the Pentagon is taking hard-eyed looks at duplication and obsolescence among the U.S.'s twoscore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: Ideas Under the Ceiling | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

AUGUSTA, Ga., Nov. 28--Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy, after conferring with President Eisenhower today, left open the possibility military spending next year will run a billion dollars more than this year's estimated...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Western Leaders Fight Proposal To Make Berlin 'Neutral' City; McElroy Hints Larger Spending | 11/29/1958 | See Source »

...verachte die Deutschen" ("I despise the Germans"), reads the caption beneath the photo of London Daily Mirror Columnist William Neil Connor on the cover of last week's Der Spiegel (circ. 350,000), West Germany's brisk, brash newsmagazine. Inside, in a ten-column question-and-answer interview headlined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Talking in the Mirror | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

...Elis, against the wind in the first period, still managed to get the jump and dominate a good part of the play. The Eli halfbacks, led by Captain Neil Van Horn, consistently beat their Crimson counterparts to the ball and set up their forwards very well...

Author: By James W.B. Benkard, | Title: Soccer Varsity Defeats Underdog Eli Team, 1-0 | 11/22/1958 | See Source »

Yale's backfield defense is purported to be its weak point, and Eli coach Jack Marshall has been making all sorts of switches to ease the burden on his goalie, Bill Parkhurst. Marshall has moved the Eli's captain, Neil Van Horn, from center halfback to fullback for today's game to solve this problem. Van Horn has been Yale's defensive standout all year long, and is a candidate for all-Ivy. Mal Black will be at the other fullback...

Author: By James W. B. benkard, | Title: Crimson Soccer Team Favored In Final Game With Yale Today | 11/21/1958 | See Source »

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