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...production battle moved to the Senate, Weinberger and Joint Chiefs Chairman John W Vessey Jr. ran into a cold reception from the Senate Armed Services Committee. Most of the Senators reaffirmed their support of the MX but badgered the Pentagon witnesses about all of the zigzags on basing the missile. Scolded Washington Democrat Henry Jackson: "The public's got the idea that this is a boondoggle, a Rube Goldberg." Georgia Democrat Sam Nunn, one of the Senate's most influential defense experts, warned: "I don't think you realize the trouble the MX basing model...
...commander of U.S. forces in Korea in 1977, General John W. Vessey Jr. courageously told a House committee that he was against then President Jimmy Carter's plan to withdraw American troops from that nation. Carter retaliated when the time came to pick an Army Chief of Staff; he reached past Vessey to elevate General Edward C. Meyer to the top post. The Pentagon buzzed with rumors that Vessey's career was finished. But last week President Ronald Reagan surprised everyone by revealing that Vessey, 59, was his choice for the highest uniformed post...
...Vessey, whom Reagan called "a soldier's soldier," was a 21-year-old sergeant when he won a battlefield commission for his heroics on the Anzio beachhead in Italy in 1944. Described by colleagues as "cool," "articulate," "meticulous" and possessing "a fantastic memory," he was executive officer of the 25th Infantry Division Artillery during combat in Viet Nam. "It's good to have a guy in there who has been shot at," said one officer in praise of Vessey's selection. Instead of pouting over the snub from Carter, Vessey has served loyally as Army Vice Chief...
Still, most doctors refuse to condemn the Pill. They feel that the risk of stroke even among women who use oral contraceptives is extremely small. Britain's Dr. Martin Vessey, a leading student of Pill problems, reports that out of every million women using the Pill, only 100-one in 10,000-will suffer strokes attributable to it each year. Of these, only five will...
Undersigned subscriber is a "Cover to Cover" reader of TIME, but, I have seen no mention of the passing of Robert S. Vessey, Gov. of S. Dak., 1908-12. He issued the first "Mother's Day'' proclamation, full of beautiful thoughts, and was a very lovable man. He died 10/17/29, in Pasadena, Calif...