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...importation of Scotch whisky has increased about ninefold in the past 27 years. In 1961 U.S. drinkers bought 20,366,103 gal., 5.6% more than the year before and double the figure for a decade ago. Consumption in 1962 is running higher still, making Scotch Britain's second biggest export to the U.S., after nonelectric machinery...
Minutemen. The Army also had some tremendous figures: for the National Guard, it proposed to keep 574,900 officers & men trained for the ground forces (double the prewar figure) and 47,600 for the Air Forces (a ninefold increase). The minutemen of the atomic age would man 22 infantry and two armored divisions, under an umbrella of 84 interceptor and observation squadrons...