Mythical plan to ship 100 fighters to Viet Nam fuels cost laugh
An imagined Pentagon exchange questions sending 100 combat troops to Viet Nam and lists extravagant, absurd needs. The colonel cites a $3 billion price tag and jests about PX clerks, caterers, families, schools, airfields, ships, housing, and a luxury mansion to attract a star commander. The piece lampoons military budgeting and red tape.
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Washington
Pentagon
Viet Nam
Senate
Balancing Scales Weighty Nationwide Problem
A columnist laments the persistent pull of bathroom scales and the habit of guest shock when warned their scale may be wrong. The piece begins a weighing spree exploring common scale misreads and their impact on households as a lighthearted national issue.
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Ward Cannel Newspaper Enterprise Assn
NEW York
NEA
Quints and Parents Live In Isolated Family Pact
Aberdeen reports reveal the Fischer quintuplets amid a near total privacy. The parents run exclusive contracts with magazines and TV, while local officials weigh future publicity and the impact on the farm home near St. Luke's Hospital. An armed guard monitors the hospital nursery as weights and measures officials note shifting scales and public curiosity.
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Aberdeen
M.D
St. Luke’s Hospital
South Dakota
Andy
Ann Fischer
Fischers
St. Luke’s
Bankers To Hold Management Meet In Baltimore
Bankers from across Maryland will attend a statewide management operations conference on November 12 in Baltimore. Vernon T. Pittinger, president of the Maryland Bankers Association, said the program will be devoted to the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted by the General Assembly to modernize state laws.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Vernon T. Pittinger
Maryland Bankers Association
Equitable Trust Company
General Assembly
Expensive Garb: Gemini Space Suits Cost Record
The Space Agency ordered space suits for astronauts in the two man Project Gemini capsule starting in 1964. The bill totals 829,494 dollars with 2,271.04 dollars per suit.
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Space Agency
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