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The Buildup. In stepping up the U.S. commitment, Johnson announced that U.S. troops in Viet Nam will be increased "almost immediately" by some 50,000, bringing the total to 125,000; that the monthly draft quota would be doubled, from the present 17,000 to about 35,000, but the...
Sometimes his praise of Congressmen who have played a major role in getting a key bill through becomes a bit fulsome. He recently told Florida's second-term Congressman Sam Gibbons, House floor manager for a measure that more than doubled the cost of the President's anti...
There are pots of gold, too, to grace his rainbow period. Museums, which were at first slow to acquire his paintings, now find them skyrocketing out of sight and pocket. Today his oils regularly fetch from $50,000 to $55,000, and his record auction price of $82,500 last...
Bonanza. Simon's investment is worth about $22 million at current prices, has been rapidly appreciating. Price of the stock has doubled in the past 18 months, and last week President Leonard Goldenson reported that the company's first-half earnings rose 41% above the same period last...
Strengthening Prestige. In exchange for its largesse, France will be assured of enough Algerian oil to satisfy growing French consumption (which doubled to 309 million barrels between 1959 and 1964) and thereby will attain Charles de Gaulle's goal of independence from the Anglo-American oil companies. By paying...