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...JUNGLE BOOK. This animated version of the children's classic may be a perverse introduction to Rudyard Kipling, but it is a nice way to remember the late Walt Disney; it is the last film he personally supervised...
...Pentagon's basement National Military Command Center and the Situation Room in the basement of the White House. Duty officers immediately began calling second-echelon officials at their homes; Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara was not alerted until 12:23 a.m. By 12:45, White House Aide Walt Rostow was convinced that the situation was serious and drove to the White House, arriving there at 1:15. Shortly after 2 a.m., he telephoned the President, who stayed in bed but was briefed during the next four hours as additional details flowed...
Judging from The Jungle Book, the last film he personally supervised, Walt Disney never Kippled either. Hardly a line is left of the stories about Mowgli, the Indian "man-cub" who was raised by animals. Like Disney's other adaptations of children's classics, The Jungle Book is based on the Kipling original in the same way that a fox hunt is based on foxes. Nonetheless, the result is thoroughly delightful...
...Happiest Millionaire (TIME, Dec. 15), cast doubt on his ability as a film maker. But in the area of the animated film, he unquestionably remained supreme to the end. The Jungle Book may be a perverse introduction to Rudyard Kipling, but it is the happiest possible way to remember Walt Disney...
Having decided to switch from mild restraints to harsh controls, Johnson cloaked his planning in warlike secrecy. While the President was in Australia, Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler, Commerce Secretary Alexander Trowbridge, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Federal Reserve Board Chairman William McChesney Martin Jr. and White House Aide Walt Rostow stitched to gether a list of recommendations...