Secretary McNamara's successor to shape defense policy
The incoming secretary will have limited influence through 1988 as McNamara stays to finalize the next defense budget. Johnson's budget drive, looming election, and Vietnam pace slow reform while focus remains on strategic arms and budgetary trade offs. The new appointee could start imprinting his stamp only after budget completion and early 1968 actions.
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McNamara's impact reshaped U S defense policy
The article lauds Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara for transforming Pentagon practices and budget handling. It credits him with centralized decision making, redefining weapon purchases and military use, and predicts lasting influence despite Vietnam-era tradeoffs. It notes plans to leave in 1968 for the World Bank.
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I Quarterly
Washington
U. S
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
World Bank
Vietnam
Pentagon
Kennedy
McNamara reshapes US defense toward flexible response and centralization
The text details Robert McNamara's shift from massive retaliation to flexible response, moving strategic forces to missiles and submarines, expanding counterinsurgency and mobility, and pushing civilian-led PPB planning. It notes cost-cutting gains, centralization, and clashes with Congress over funding and favored weapons programs.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
McNamara
Vietnam
Defense Establishment
Comple
Pross
Rhosseman
Pentagon
McNamara Faces Bold Defense Choices in 90th Congress
The Defense Secretary resisted missile defense spending for six years. After Red China’s hydrogen test, he agreed to deploy a limited system amid congressional pressure. Lawmakers blocked some plans including Army Reserve National Guard merger and a new fleet of large fast supply ships.
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Red China
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Army Reserve and
National Guard
McNamara Failures Highlighted Beyond Congress
Analysts say Robert McNamara faltered not in Congress but in three areas. He failed to persuade NATO allies to strengthen alliance defenses, could not craft a doctrine for limited use of short-range tactical nuclear weapons without risking global war, and failed to win the Vietnam war. Flexible response worked in Cuba but not against Southeast Asian jungle guerrilla warfare.
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Congressional Quarterly Inc
Decatur Civic Theatre lauds daily coverage and staff
Members of Decatur Civic Theatre Inc thank The Decatur Daily for coverage of their production Duet for Two Hands and for support of the membership and building fund drive. They credit Ray Martin for his originality in words pictures and layout and extend appreciation to Cora Blair and the staff for their interest.
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Decatur
Alabama
Decatur Civic Theatre, Inc
Theatre-in-the-Round
Thea Daily
Lively Arts
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Cora Blair
Jeanette Potts
Debate grows over gold standard policy and the dollar
In a New York piece Harry Schwartz surveys economists, bankers, and policy makers arguing for and against maintaining gold at 35 dollars an ounce. He notes Peterson of Bank of America and a Chase Manhattan report question sustaining gold backing and suggests flexible exchange might improve U.S. economic policy. He warns opponents fear inflation and chaos, while supporters want public debate. The piece emphasizes the dollar’s strength lies in American power and production, not gold reserves.
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New York Times News Service
New York
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United States
William Jennings Bryan
Vietnam
Johnson
America
U.S
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Free World
Space Workshop In Orbit Tests Long Stay Effects
The World Book article describes an orbiting workshop built from an Apollo fuel tank. It will house walls floors lights and gadgets plus a medical clinic exercise sleeping and kitchen areas and perhaps a shower stall. The aim is to study how astronauts adapt to extended spaceflight.
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