Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Army are convinced that it has to stay at its present strength of 210,000 men in order to be effective. Under pressures from the Viet Nam war, the Pentagon has already ordered a "drawdown" of 30,000 officers and specialists from Europe', may yet have to withdraw whole combat contingents. But no pull-out is in sight that would bring into question the U.S. commitment to defend Europe-unless the Russians agree to pull their forces out of East Germany...
...anything about it," said a Washingtonian, "so it comes out as a kind of reluctant support." Professional opinion samplers documented the confusion. A survey by social scientists from the University of Chicago and Stanford University found that most Americans still share a visceral instinct that the U.S. should not withdraw. How ever, said Western Pollster Don Muchmore, "there is a complete lack of belief that we can win. People wish we'd never gotten in, but say we've got to continue to help South Viet Nam." The Gallup poll reported that between January and April the proportion...
...ever. Carl Sanders, the incumbent Democratic Governor, is prevented by Georgia's constitution from succeeding himself. The leading contender for the nomination had been Ernest Vandiver, a former Governor, but a six-year history of coronary-artery disease and several recent attacks of angina pectoris forced him to withdraw. He was not too reluctant. In a recent poll, U.S. Representative Howard ("Bo") Callaway, 39, a rich, attractive campaigner who was elected in 1964 while Barry Goldwater was carrying the state, led Vandiver by nearly 2 to 1. An old foe of the Talmadges', former Governor Ellis Arnall...
...Just what immediate benefit Ceausescu hoped to gain by the letter remained obscure. After all, Soviet troops left Rumania in 1958, at the insistence of "Ceausescu's predecessor, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. There are still 22 Russian divisions in East Germany; certainly some could be called back, but to withdraw all of them suddenly would probably cause the regime of Walter Ulbricht to collapse. Poland still has three Soviet divisions, but the Russians remain unobtrusive, and Polish Party Boss Wladyslaw Gomulka paranoically fears that a Russian pullback would encourage German encroachment on the Oder-Neisse line. Only Hungary...
Virginia's political picture this year is far more uncertain than it was last fall. Kellam and other leaders of the Organization tried to persuade Robertson, 79 years old today, to withdraw in favor of a younger Organization candidate. Kellam failed, and has endorsed Robertson and Byrd...