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...even established his campaign headquarters in the Casualty Building. He carried on a drab campaign, failed to win the support of any of Chicago's newspapers (all of them Republican, more or less), stirred no enthusiasm in many G.O.P. ward leaders. Then why didn't Daley wallop Adamowski good? Apparently, a lot of Chicagoans were restive about Daley's tax increases, the latest of which was a 3% boost in real estate taxes. Adamowski's fellow Republicans could well ponder what might have happened if they had put up a stronger candidate...
...message devoted entirely to aid for the aged. Its recommendations ranged from tax benefits to increased employment opportunity. But among 36 separate proposals, it was plain that the Administration plans to bring its biggest guns to bear on behalf of the program New Frontiersmen figure has the heftiest political wallop: medical care for the aged under social security...
Squash fans won't see much of a battle but will have a chance to watch one of the best squads in the country when the varsity meets Williams at 3 p.m. today in Hemenway Gym. The Crimson should wallop the Ephmen...
Hollow Threats. But strikes, and threats of strikes, carry less wallop than they used to as industry relies more and more on machines and finds itself overloaded with productive capacity. Strikers recently stayed out for six months at the big Climax Molybdenum mine in Colorado; but the company, using supervisory help and semiautomated gear, was able to produce up to 65% capacity. Even the worst strike of recent times made little dent in the company ledgers; in 1959, the year of the 116-day steel strike, steelmakers earned 7% more than...
...strategic planning, the importance of strategic bases overseas has waned in the last couple of years, and will continue to diminish in the years ahead. Polaris missile submarines have given the U.S. a mighty strategic wallop that is independent of fixed bases overseas. The U.S.'s growing force of operational ICBMs - Atlas, Titan and, before long, Minuteman - is being stationed entirely within the U.S. But as long as Communism seeks world domination, the U.S. will continue to need military installations abroad. The current roster...