Word: orly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Into the Pentagon last week drummed word from the White House that defense spending for fiscal 1961 must be held at or below the present $41 billion level. The services estimated that they would need $43 billion to $44 billion just to maintain present strength and cope with the rising...
Army. The 870,000-man Army could not take much of a cut if it was to keep any brush-fire or full-scale war capability. The Army will probably get $9.5 billion, about the same as last year, will make up for inflation by cutting back on already-lagging...
Navy. Eight out of ten of the Navy's 800-odd ships are obsolete or obsolescent.
Air Force. Down from this year's $19 billion to $18.2 billion, the Air Force is holding its B58 supersonic-bomber planning to a maximum of three wings, is phasing out purchases of its F-105 fighter-bomber and F106 interceptor. Last week the Air Force announced plans to...
The Soft Sell. The hope of the Symington camp is that the other hopefuls' handicaps will keep any No. 1 choice from grabbing off the nomination on the early ballots, and that the deadlock-menaced convention will turn to just-about-everybody's No. 2, Stuart Symington, the...