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...data obtained from this work checks with a name listed on a unit roster, another U.S. fighting man's name will be transferred from "missing in action" to "killed in action." In the fighting lull, the unsung men of Graves Registration were busy trying to bridge the gap between the 11,000 U.S. troops listed as missing, and the mere 3,000 names of persons on the lists handed over by the Reds...
...price boosts already made by producers who sell to Tennessee. The rest was caused by higher wages, federal and state income taxes and a new "gathering" tax imposed by Texas, which brings in $1,000,000 a month in revenue. The rise was far from enough to close the gap between gas and coal prices. But now that gas prices have started up, the ailing coal industry had hopes of winning back some of its lost markets...
...fiscal year starting next June, all Government spending will rise to an estimated $80 to $85 billion (nearly $65 billion of it for arms). With only $70 billion in estimated revenues under present tax laws, the prospective deficit is $10 billion or more. Can the U.S. bridge the gap with higher taxes...
...million tons in 1953) should make more civilian steel available. The total output of goods & services will expand to an estimated $356 billion at the end of 1952. But with rising incomes there will be more money available than goods & services to spend it on, i.e., an "inflationary gap" of about $12 billion. Last year's high saving was abnormal, and such trends are quickly reversed. A return to normal could start prices climbing as hard goods grow scarce. Moreover, the price climb will be accelerated if the present uneasy balance between prices & wages is upset...
...Aspen, Colo. A catty old friend, Alexander Woollcott, once described him as looking like "a dishonest Abe Lincoln." Rumpled, wild-haired and irascible, Ross talked in an ear-splitting voice, a combination of rasp and quack. He often expressed himself in skid-row profanity, or by mere grunts or gap-toothed grins. He had the energy of a bull, and a bull-like charm. Though he often sounded as crass as a cymbal, he had an amazing sensitivity for words, a pouncing eye for the phony, a rigorous taste. He was a great editor...