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Part of the widening gap between the two was due to Neuberger's increasing self-assurance; in his third session the junior Senator no longer felt obliged to listen to his onetime University of Oregon law professor. He spoke up in class without regard for what Teacher thought, padded the Congressional Record with his thoughts on subjects ranging from Asian flu to the Klamath Indians. After Morse attacked Neuberger's position on civil rights, the junior Senator infuriated the senior Senator by getting Illinois' philosophizing -Senator Paul Douglas to write letters to Oregonians extolling Neuberger, the great...
While Foreign Minister Christian Pineau flew off to enlist support for the idea in six South American capitals and Washington, the Arabs said that they are interested in hearing only one word-independence-and that each day without it widens the gap between Arab and Frenchman, drives moderate Arabs to relentless choices, and makes more difficult an eventual reconciliation in peace...
...dependents. The $600 million that the U.S. Treasury paid as interest on the $23 billion Social Security trust fund invested in federal bonds more than covered the deficit. But this fiscal year the deficit will eat up all the interest payment, and next year there will be a gap of around $1 billion between Social Security tax receipts and payments...
...Gaillard's maneuvers succeed in closing France's foreign trade gap, he still has the problem of France's inflation-tilted economy. Since his domestic austerity program calls for ending costly commodity subsidies, many prices-starting with the price of bread-are headed up. Steelmakers have announced plans to raise prices 4.5%, government employees are pressing for a 10% pay boost. Taking to the radio, Economist Gaillard called for more civic spirit and warned that "if labor and management insist" on such demands, "they will be defeating all our efforts. Our defeat will be theirs...
With the DEW line in operation-four hours as the jet bomber flies from Toronto, New York and Chicago-the most important gap is closed in the radar warning system strung across the top and down both sides of the continent. In case of attack, the DEW line will give a U.S. retaliatory force time to take to the air, and Airmen Partridge and Slemon will look to two southerly radar systems to track the invaders: the $200 million Canadian-built Mid-Canada line, due to start operating by summer's end, and the Pinetree Aircraft Control and Warning...