The Week

• First Things First. The Department of the Army has announced that it will take no action on applications for government grave markers for deceased veterans if the correspondence from the veteran’s family making application for the marker does not bear the proper zip code.

• You can discount that rumor about F. Clifton White having gone to work for Romney’s 1968 nomination drive. The master-architect of the Goldwater campaign (from 1961 through the triumph at the Cow Palace in July 1964) is staying loose for the present. Virtually every man whose name has been seriously mentioned as a 1968 possibility has been in touch with White, because they all respect his demonstrated skill and would be delighted to have him in their corner. But White, who privately regrets he did not have a clearer understanding with Goldwater, is in no mood to come down with a case of puppy love. Incidentally, he hasn’t suddenly turned Liberal, either.

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• First Things First. The Department of the Army has announced that it will take no action on applications for government grave markers for deceased veterans if the correspondence from the veteran’s family making application for the marker does not bear the proper zip code.

• You can discount that rumor about F. Clifton White having gone to work for Romney’s 1968 nomination drive. The master-architect of the Goldwater campaign (from 1961 through the triumph at the Cow Palace in July 1964) is staying loose for the present. Virtually every man whose name has been seriously mentioned as a 1968 possibility has been in touch with White, because they all respect his demonstrated skill and would be delighted to have him in their corner. But White, who privately regrets he did not have a clearer understanding with Goldwater, is in no mood to come down with a case of puppy love. Incidentally, he hasn’t suddenly turned Liberal, either.