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Ready & Waiting. The impact of three deaths aboard a "bird" raised anew the question of whether the conquest of space is really worth the cost -in lives or in money. Congressional support has been relatively lukewarm recently, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials considered themselves lucky to get a $5.05 billion budget proposal from the President this year...
Fine Tuning. The NIA budget is a more accurate measure of total federal impact on the economy, and Johnson claims the Administration can manipulate NIA delicately to produce a stabilizing force. For the rest of fiscal '67, the NIA deficit is computed at $5 billion.' This is to decrease starting July 1, so that by the second half of fiscal ''68, when no federal stimulus is wanted, the NIA should be finely tuned to a balance...
Despite its vast size and tremendous impact on overall federal spending, the $73.1 billion military budget actually represents a leveling off in the U.S. buildup in Viet Nam. American strength in Southeast Asia will continue to grow, along with its cost, but the pace of expansion will decelerate dramatically for two good reasons. One is that the U.S. has already reached a high plateau of power. Of equal significance, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara reported last week, the Viet Cong, during the last half of 1966, "appear to have lost about as many men as they were able to infiltrate from...
...Hoover Letters. Hoover's testimony, offered to a House committee in 1965, has been the principal roadblock to ratification. Last week Rusk sought to minimize its impact by citing a letter from the director agreeing that the FBI could handle any increased security problems resulting from the treaty. But Rusk's intent was at least partly vitiated by the grudging tone of Hoover's letter and by a later Hoover letter that South Dakota's Karl Mundt, the treaty's most vocal opponent, brought forth. Though the FBI could take on the increased burden, Hoover...
...researcher in Social Relations has launched a study to explore the psychological impact of racial prejudice upon adolescents...