People: Jan. 27, 1961

In a sharp about-face, retired Air Force General Nathan F. Twining, who had logged 44 years of active service when he resigned the chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs of Staff last September, took a post with one of the U.S.'s largest book publishing houses. He will be vice chairman of the board of directors of Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc. But retiring Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, who has had mountains of surplus corn on his mind through his eight hectic years in office, elected to linger in familiar pastures. Last week he...

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