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...rallied his followers in the U.S. House of Representatives. Next day, standing proudly in the well of the House, Georgia's Carl Vinson, 78, insisted that victory had indeed been achieved. "They have gotten the message," said "Uncle Carl," who is also known as "the Admiral" and "the Swamp Fox." He continued: "They know that Congress is not just talking, but that we mean business. So we can congratulate ourselves...
Carl Vinson, 78, of Milledgeville, Ga.has spent 45 years influencing military legislation in the House of Representatives, where he is known fondly as "Uncle Carl," "The Admiral" and "The Swamp Fox." Since World War II, Chairman Vinson of the Armed Services Committee has been doing a slow burn while Pentagon leaders under Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy refused to use money voted by Congress for specific projects. Examples: construction of a Navy supercarrier in 1949; ordering additional Air Force B-525 in 1961. Last week Uncle Carl finally lost his temper over the issue of how much...
These same runners, especially Buchta, could swamp the varsity so badly on the track that even the traditional Crimson domination of the field events will not be enough. Buchta is certain to win either the 600 or the 1000, whichever he decides to enter...
...have." In certain rooms the occupants fear freezing to death; in others they cannot walk on the floor because of the protruding splinters and nails. In one of the bathrooms the lack of ventilation causes water to condense on the toilet seats; another bathroom is "usually like a swamp...
...details of the program. "The revolution on our own countryside," said the President, "stands in the sharpest contrast to the repeated farm failures of the Communist nations and is a source of pride to us all." But, warned Kennedy, "without new, realistic measures," increasing farm production "will some day swamp our farmers and our taxpayers in a national scandal or a farm depression...