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...arms assistance to Emperor Haile Selassie is still cloaked by security, State Department officials admit that U.S. bombs and ammunition have been used against insurgent rebels and that U.S. military advisers supervise the training of Ethiopian troops. In defense of this agreement, Assistant Secretary of State David Newsom told the subcommittee that disclosures about Ethiopia had not been made because of "the great sensitivity" of the Emperor. Presumably, in State Department thinking, the "sensitivity" of the American public and Congress to this major diplomatic undertaking was of lesser importance...
...DAVID NEWSOM Washington...
Retiring to Palaces. Despite such problems, Libyans recognize good times when they see them; U.S. Ambassador David Newsom calls Libya "the most stable country in the Arab world today." Reform-minded King Idris, 76, has built more than 100 new schools outside Tripoli, has pledged 70% of the government's $200 million-a-year budget for more housing, hospitals, roads and other welfare and public works projects. To keep Libya steady as well as rich, he has built a well-trained, 7,000-man army, and has quietly warned Egypt's Nasser that in case of aggression...
Between the Farm Bureau on the right and the Farmers Union on the left stands the granddaddy of all U.S. farm organizations, the 98-year-old National Grange, with 800,000 members. Master of the Grange is Indiana-born Herschel D. Newsom, 65, a roly-poly Quaker and lifelong Republican, who believes that "government has a proper role in agriculture...
...merger (still subject to approval by both boards of directors and stock holders) was fostered by the handiest kind of broker: Prentice-Hall President Carroll V. Newsom, onetime (1956-61) president of New York University, who is a member of RCA's board. After the merger, he will be joined on the board by Ettinger...