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...hinder, their access to the President. Furthermore, Taylor has pledged himself to inform the Joint Chiefs about any advice he gives his boss. Whenever possible, Taylor has said, he will consult with the Joint Chiefs before he sees the President. But Pentagon brass is still convinced that in a pinch. President Kennedy will rely on the advice of Max Taylor rather than on the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
...which made its debut last year and quickly scaled to 60. is now down to 24 because 1960's black ink has turned to red. Pale profits in vending machines have sent Vendo down more than 50% from March's peak of 77¼, while the earnings pinch has also clipped Polaroid, Fairchild Camera, Bell & Howell and Universal Match...
...promotion-prone Impresario Bill Veeck, then boss of the fanless, feckless St. Louis Browns; in Chicago. In his one time at bat (against the Detroit Tigers) during his brief playing career, Gaedel drew a walk. A few days later, after Veeck had threatened to use him as a pinch hitter every time the bases were loaded. League President Will Harridge canceled Gaedel's contract "in the best interest of baseball...
...history to graduate with a straight-A record. Son of a foreman at an Oldsmobile forge plant in Lansing, Petrie sagged below A only twice in high school (B's in gym and English literature) "because I didn't work." At M.S.U., where he eased the financial pinch by living at home and working summers as a lifeguard, he found time for swimming, handball and bottle-ball as well as math. Awarded hefty grants for undergraduate research by the National Science Foundation, Petrie now has a $3,200-a-year N.S.F. fellowship for graduate work at Princeton...
Besides Ravenel, Billy Rodgers and Dick Diehl each had two hits, with Diehl getting the Crimson's fourth triple in the seventh. Corky Cronin, pinch-hitting for Drummey later in the inning, hit the fifth three-bagger...