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...Secretary's grey suit showed the wear & tear of travel, his blown grey hair needed a trim, his eyes behind the spectacles were bloodshot. But his energy seemed undiminished. Briskly he greeted a small group of friends and-dignitaries, then hurried to a waiting limousine, bound for an immediate report to the White House. Long after his departure, the plane was still unloading exotic items of luggage: rugs, tapestries, brass coffee tables and other gifts from newfound Middle Eastern friends...
...trim, new, diesel-powered ship, the Marquette, pulled alongside its dock at Chicago last week, leather-faced Captain André Senft, 40, broke out a bottle of champagne and drank a toast to Chicago. It was the first time a vessel flying the French flag had touched shore there since Father Marquette beached his frail canoe...
...still very real, the Administration has decided on a policy of no tax cuts until next January (TIME, May 25) and must ask Congress to extend the unpopular excess profits tax when it expires next June 30; 2) because the danger is without visible end, the U.S. must trim back to a defense force which it can support economically, must cut some $5.2 billion out of the Truman defense budget-mostly from the Air Force...
...there is an obvious foil for these novices sculling for the first or second time. It is the little band of men who glide smoothly up and down the river in sleek, narrow shells with red and silver trim...
...Command, from 57 to 52 wings. It would also have to supplement current funds with "holdover" money appropriated during the Truman Administration. After 1956. the holdover Truman money will be gone. Then, unless its budget has been increased again in the meantime, the Air Force will have to trim down to 79 wings, about three-quarters of its present strength (103 wings...