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...July 1951, the late Admiral Forrest Sherman, then Chief of Naval Operations, slipped off quietly to Madrid to scout the chances for a military-aid pact with Spain which would give the U.S. the use of key Spanish naval and air bases. At that time Pentagon planners, worried at the poor progress of Western European defense, were anxious to insure a firm U.S. foothold behind the Pyrenees, in case the Russians should overrun Germany and France. In October 1951 with U.S. military and economic missions already active in Spain, Congress voted $100,000,000 for Spanish military and economic...
...John Sherman Cooper: About as popular as a Republican can be in Kentucky, the courtly Cooper last year carried a state that Ike lost. But he will be in deep trouble if Alben Barkley decides to run (TIME, Sept...
...mechanical-minded young and not-so-young who fly model airplanes in tethered circles have a new mark to fly at. Last week Sherman Holt, 14, of Fayetteville, N.C. kept a model plane in the air for 8 hrs. 31 min. and 50 sec., leaving his nearest competitor more than seven hours behind...
First trial, which was at night, lasted for 3 hrs. 43 min., but was cut off after a counteroffensive by kept-awake neighbors. A good part of Fayetteville was on hand during Sherman's next flight". Every seven minutes or so, he pumped fresh gasoline into the tank. The flight would have lasted even longer if the extra gas tank had not vibrated loose. If the model had been flying in a straight line, it would have covered 257 air miles...
...wants to get back to Washington. To run for his old Senate seat. Barkley would not have to make any definite move until early next year, and then he could get the Democratic nomination for the asking. That would put him up against the Republicans' able, respected John Sherman Cooper, who carried Kentucky last year although Dwight Eisenhower did not. Kentuckians think it would be a close race...