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DEFENSE CUTBACKS will begin to pinch oil producers. To keep under Administration's $38 billion defense budget ceiling, armed forces will cut purchases of petroleum products by as much as $170 million a year-a 15% drop. Aviation fuel, special Navy fuel oils will get deepest cuts...
...Edgerton, handicapped by a slim physique, nonetheless took firm command of Falstaff and played an admirable complement to Gervasi's Hal--lying, bluffing, and buffooning with gusto and expertise. Arthur Waldstein sparkled suprisingly in the small role of Poins. Marguerite Tarrant, as the Hostess, played an uproarious game of pinch-bottom with Edgerton...
...Budget Pinch. In Philadelphia, Jack Gee, 41, charged with burglary, told arresting officers that he needed money because he was two payments behind on his 1956 Cadillac...
...Pinch Hitter. In Fredericksburg, Va. Bakery Operator Edwin Young, annoyed at the damage done to rolls and loaves by customers testing their freshness, posted a sign: "The merchandise on this table is always fresh. If you must squeeze something, please call the manager...
...Giant castoff Shortstop Al Dark, 34, is hitting a solid .295, holds the infield together with his big glove and his spark-plugging chatter. Even Walker Cooper, the Cards' great catcher of the '40s, is creaking his 42-year-old bones off the bench to pinch-hit home an occasional...