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...Eastern Europe, Alexander Dubcek's two Communist allies were, if anything, stronger in their protest. "The attack on Czechoslovakia," said Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito, "is a significant historical rupture in the relations among Socialist countries." Rumanian Presi dent and Party Boss Nicolae Ceausescu called it "a great mistake, a grave danger to peace...
Nebraska-born Baldrige worked his way up from pouring iron to the presi dency of Connecticut's Eastern Co. be fore being tapped for the Scovill...
Alabama-born and bred, Johnson could not be more sensitive to his state's cherished traditions and prejudices. His courtroom in Montgomery is only seven blocks from the statehouse, where a band played Dixie while Jefferson Davis was sworn in as Confederate Presi- dent, and where
...Congress will help decide whether that pleasant dream comes true. The administrative budget, despite its size, actually gives economizers a small target because so much of it involves defense needs and other unavoidable expenses. Although the long knives flashed in anticipation last week, large-scale cuts seemed unlikely. The Presi- dent himself had pulled back on many Great Society programs, asked $3 billion less overall than previous congressional authorization schedules had envisioned. But his proposal for a 6% surcharge on personal and corporate income taxes, amounting to $4 billion plus, faces serious challenge. If it fails, the real deficit will...
...When he found in the summer of 1962 that he was desperately short of cash for his $1,200,000 Maryland shore Carousel Motel, Baker testified, he took his woes to Johnson, whom he described as "the best friend I had around the Capitol." Baker said: "The then Vice Presi dent picked up the phone and called his friend and my friend-Senator Kerr. He then advised me to go immediately to Senator Kerr's office, which...