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...eventually to abolish heavy work for women altogether. The delegates hushed the quietest and then applauded the loudest, however, when Bulganin proposed a democracy-style election-year special-big boosts in Soviet pensions for men over 60 and women over 55, with bonuses for widows, underground miners and ex-servicemen "to raise political and morale standards among the personnel of our armed forces...
...foot of the statue of Liberator Simón Bolivar were a tall crucifix and eight urns containing the ashes of Colombian soldiers who fought in the Korean war and in the country's own backlands guerrilla war. Rojas then read off a solemn oath, swearing the servicemen, in the name of Jesus Christ and in the memory of Simon Bolivar, to "fight for the domination of the Third Force until Colombians lay down their political hatreds before the national banner." They took the oath. Next afternoon, at Bogotá's Campin stadium, Rojas likewise swore...
...gold medals at Melbourne in track and field events-the heart of the Olympics. Warming up for the Olympic tryouts, the nation's collegiate stars broke one U.S. and nine meet records (winner of the meet: U.C.L.A.) at Berkeley, while the nation's fastest and/or strongest servicemen in short pants broke one world and two American records in the interservice championships at Los Angeles. In all, athletes in the two meets beat Olympic marks in four events, tied in another...
...Joined Mamie in entertaining 812 ailing soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines at the White House's traditional lawn party for hospitalized servicemen. For each of the 812 there was a handshake and a word of cheer and hope. "God bless you all," said Mamie to Airman 2/C Robert Marshall, a polio victim. "I'm keeping my fingers crossed and saying all sorts of prayers...
...prepared to reduce its armed forces to 2,500,000 men and scale down conventional arms and military expenditures proportionately if the Soviet Union will do likewise. (This would mean demobilization of about 400,000 U.S. servicemen and about 1,500,000 Soviet servicemen...