Time: 10 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 10.
Place: Headquarters of the federal Bureau of the Budget adjacent to the White House. Action: Weary officials put the last touches on the Nixon Administration budget. The big policy decisions have already been made at the Western White House in San Clemente. Proposed spending for fiscal year 1971, beginning next July 1, stands at $203.5 billion; by increasing minor taxes and taking other steps, an anti-inflationary surplus was projected. The next scene in the annual production belongs to the printers, standing by to complete a document of some 1,700 pages for presentation to Congress on...
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