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...They include: 1) the Poseidon missile, a new name for the Polaris B-3, which will be more accurate than the present Polaris and will double its firepower to about two megatons; 2) an air-launched short-range attack missile (SRAM) with a 150-mile capability, which plugs the gap between the ten-mile Bull-Pup and the 600-mi'e Hound Dog, and will increase the effectiveness of present bombers: 3) the huge C-5A cargo aircraft capable of carrying 750 soldiers and large, fast cargo ships propelled by gas turbine engines for quicker deployment of heavy military...
After weeks of trouble and turmoil, Britain's besieged economy last week got some good news. The Board of Trade announced that Britain's trade gap narrowed by nearly half in December, to $171 million, as exports rose to a record and imports dipped. Any worsening of those figures would almost certainly have meant another strong attack on the pound and further weakening of confidence in the British economy...
...Johnson manages to bridge the gap between political genius and international statesmanship, it might enable the U.S. to regain and keep world leadership...
President Johnson's request for the smallest foreign aid budget ever - $3.38 billion - was clearly influenced by the necessity of stemming the U.S. gold outflow and payments deficit. The Government planned several other measures to narrow the payments gap. The Treasury's new Under Secretary, Fred Deming, said that his department might place a tax on U.S. bank loans abroad, which amounted to between $2 billion and $2.5 billion last year. The Treasury will also begin to sell an additional $100 million weekly in short-term securities, offering higher interest rates to attract buyers; by thus edging...
...courses are often generated by expanding knowledge of the subjects, and since Dean Ford has said many times that few professors are qualified to teach in these areas, the powerful incentive of research grants to students of these countries would inevitably help develop the personnel needed to fill this gap...