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...next session, U.S. Delegate Philip Jessup agreed that Gromyko's proposals "had considerably narrowed the gap." But, added Jessup, aware that Soviet verbiage usually conceals a trap, the West wanted further clarification. Growled Gromyko: "The Soviet text means what it says." He wanted a yes or no answer. When he couldn't get one, the light turned red again...
...raises no difficulties at the present rate of expenditure. If taxes were raised to balance the current budget they would take a share of the national income only slightly greater than during the war, when the level of income was much lower. The government could close the contemplated inflationary gap between revenue and outlay by increasing corporation taxes, excises on luxuries, estate and inheritance taxes, tax rates for high income groups, and removing present loopholes in the tax structure...
...Bearcat fighters from Saigon. Then came the tropic darkness, and clouds to obscure the moon. The French thought they had the noose drawn tight. Not until next morning did they find out that one French unit had failed to reach its planned position on the river. Through this gap the Communists had escaped in the night...
...Army's famed Infantry School at Fort Benning. Major General David Barr, former commander of the 7th Division, is now commander of the Armored School at Fort Knox, Ky. Major General Laurence Keiser, former commander of the 2nd Division, will direct the Infantry Replacement Center at Indiantown Gap, Pa. Major General William B. Kean, former commander of the 25th Division, will command the III Corps at Camp Roberts, Calif...
Women law students will not take the place of draftees in the class of '52, Louis A. Toepfer, Director of Law School Admissions, said today. The 25 or 30 female applicants the school anticipates will not be enough to fill any gap, Toepfer said...