Uncle Sam Tops Shopping Stamp Purchases in Odd Policy
The article explains why the federal government and its workers avoid extensive stamp accounting. It notes that agencies redeem stamps locally or pass them to hospitals, avoiding costly bureaucratic reporting while acknowledging limited stamp value and occasional selective redemptions.
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Enterprise
Federal
General Services Administration
General Accounting Office
Federal Watchdog
Washington
Polaris Sub Buildup Seen Top Defense
Secretary McNamara told the House subcommittee that a build-up of Polaris missile submarines and intercontinental Minuteman missiles tops the next defense budget. He called for expanding combat ready Army divisions from 11 to 16, boosting airlift, building nuclear attack submarines to counter the Soviet submarine threat, adding more fighter aircraft, and pursuing a super aircraft carrier.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
House
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Kennedy seeks $600 million for immediate public works program
President Kennedy asked Congress for a $600 million rapid public works plan to fund areas with high unemployment and a $2 billion standby program for future recessions. He cited 1000 communities facing prolonged job losses and noted Febuary unemployment at 5.6 percent. Goverment officials will present the plan to the House Public Works Committee as hearings begin.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House Public Works Committee
White House
Sen
Joseph S. Clark Jr
D-Pa
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
Welfare
Abraham Ribicoff
David E. Bell
Walter Heller
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Kermit Gordon
Nuclear Sub Fleet Expansion Targets Longer Range Missiles
The program aims to halt Polaris submarine production after 41 ships, with six in service carrying missiles that reach 1,200 miles. Future models will deploy missiles capable of 2,900 miles, signaling a significant advance in strategic capability.
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Tion
Polaris
Army Forms Pegasus Troop to Create Air Cavalry Unit
After eight years of planning the Army forms its first helicopter borne air cavalry troop at Ft Knox Kentucky to scout moving columns reconnoiter flanks and target artillery. A second troop will follow at Ft Benning with two more units planned at Ft Carson and Ft Hood as integration with 16 divisions unfolds. These troops will be armed and designed for rapid, mobile combat in both conventional and guerrilla warfare scenarios.
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Washington
Ft. Knox
Ft. Benning
Ft. Carson
Colo
Ft. Hood
Tex
Viet Nam
Army
Burglar-Frightening System Foils Taver n Burglars
Louisville businessman Sherman Meenach installed a cafe microphone with a speaker upstairs to alert him to intruders after several break-ins. He says the system has foiled thieves who fled when confronted, leaving a size 11 loafer at the door and another in an alley.
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Louisville
Sherman Meenach
Meenach
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