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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...time I can ever remember men standing on line to join the Army," and he was not exaggerating. So many men rushed to take advantage of the short hitch, that by May, 1957, the Army had to stop accepting enlistments. Over 3,000 men a week were joining; the previous high was about a thousand. The program was reopened on a limited basis during the summer, but in many locales there are still waiting lists...
...Judge Smith is not always so obstructive, and even his methods pall before those of some previous Rules chairmen, e.g., Illinois' Adolph Sabath, who used to feign fainting fits to get hearings adjourned. On the vast majority of bills Smith works closely with Rayburn or McCormack in speeding the legislative process...
...dozens of spy organizations. East and West, continue trading lefts and rights in Berlin, the climate around them is changing. While applauding the Western underground's previous services against the Reds-which include everything from smuggling out scientists to sending anonymous warnings to East German authorities that their misdeeds are being recorded -Berlin officials and newspapers have begun to suggest that some of the spook groups are overdoing...
Randolph's record as a politician did not inspire confidence in his vote-getting ability; of his seven previous bids for a seat in Parliament, only one was successful -and that was during Britain's World War II political truce. Years ago, contending for Liverpool, he had said: "I don't want to go into Parliament to represent a lot of stuffy old ladies in Bournemouth. I want to fight for really hard-pressed people." Worse yet, though he was originally a staunch supporter of the Suez invasion, Randolph had recently embarrassed the Macmillan government...
...Switzerland, Bud Werner, 22, of Steamboat Springs, Colo., swept the international men's downhill at Lenzerheide, after winning the previous week's downhill race at Kitzbuhel. Despite driving winds on the tricky 2.4-mile slope, Werner tore downhill in 2 min. 22.7 sec. to break the course record by 24 seconds...