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Died. John Taber, 85, longtime (1923-62) Republican Congressman, from New York's Finger Lakes district, an unyielding economizer who, as ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, consistently pared large chunks from Administration budgets, concentrating on "taberizing" New Deal legislation and foreign aid; of congestive heart failure; in...
"Who?" The Governor's refusal to sign questionable legislation has given rise to the gibe that Rosellini has been succeeded by "another Italian, Danny Veto." On a more constructive level, Evans has promoted interstate cooperation with Oregon, Idaho and Montana, traveled from Boston to Tokyo to seek trade and...
It remains very much their war. In the four months after U.S. combat units largely went into action, some 3,000 government soldiers were killed in action compared to 275 Americans. Over the same period, U.S. troops ran 384 company-size operations resulting in contact with the Viet Cong; South...
McGrath meanwhile formulated his plans. He hopes to draw students from roughly the top third of high school classes rather than from the top 10% as many select schools do. His own high school grades were below average, yet he made Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Buffalo. "This...
That was putting it mildly. In autocratic Otto's years as lord high executioner of foreign aid bills, the chairman of his parent committee had been Missouri's curmudgeonly Clarence Cannon, another handout hater, who gave Passman a free hand to slash as he saw fit. But when...