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...news on election day, some G.O.P. members of Congress, e.g., North Dakota's Senator Milton R. Young, shouted that Secretary Benson must go because "he has lost the confidence of the farmers." Others cried that the Wisconsin results meant that Congress would not and could not abandon rigid support of farm prices at 90% of parity. Democrats, and some Republicans, said that the Eisenhower Administration had already lost the farm vote...
...Good Times. Toward the end of the Alemán regime, the government's gay caballeros seemed to abandon all restraint. The smiling President, who loved the companionship of happy people and prided himself on his conviviality, went from one party to another. Sometimes the cronies would repair to an Acapulco yacht or to one of the ranches, and certain members of the inner circle would invite a planeload of high-spirited girls to join the party. At one time or another, the name of almost every well-known Mexican movie actress was whispered as a presidential party guest...
...Abandon construction of 22 combat air bases and 32 supporting installations (radar, supply, training, etc.) which would have been completed at the end of the fiscal year, leaving a total of 199 combat bases, 519 supporting installations...
...running his division, Trustbuster Barnes plans to use a fresh legal approach. Object: less litigation, more results. In two new unspecified cases, Barnes says he will put drafts of Government complaints on the desks of prospective defendants, hopes thereby to "persuade" them to abandon their objectionable monopolistic practices before even getting into court. And in another case, also unnamed, Barnes expects to make antitrust history: within 60 days, the Government and the defendant hope to submit the case to a federal court on a mutually agreed statement of facts, thereby sparing both parties the tedious months and years of testimony...
...change in scenery. He gives most of the credit to Chicago Manager Paul Richards, a former catcher whose knowledge on the handling of pitchers is as deep as a well. Richards trained Trucks to change his grip on the "change-up" pitch, i.e., his slow ball, and to abandon his sidearm delivery for an overhand motion. Says Trucks: "I never thought I'd be learning a new pitch in my sixteenth year in baseball, but it's a good one. Kinda like a screwball...