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...shabby, and the people are poor. The 15,000 Panamanians who work in the Zone do considerably better, with an average annual income of $2,200. But they complain about discriminatory pay scales for equal jobs and other "exploitation," past and present. Only in 1955 did the U.S. abolish the humiliating "gold" and "silver" drinking fountains, toilets and pay lines -segregation dating back to canal-building days when Panamanians were paid in silver, Americans in gold...
...second way to reform the vice-Presidency would be to abolish the office altogether and to have some other officer, the Secretary of State or the Speaker of the House, for example, succeed to the Presidency in the event the chief Executive dies. This has obvious draw backs--the man best suited to be Secretary or Speaker at a given time is not necessarily best suited to become President...
...controls the boondocks. Of mounting concern is the Communists' increased hold on vital Long An province on Saigon's southern flank, where conditions have become precarious. A U.S. adviser says wryly that there is no need in Long An for the government's plan to abolish some of the overextended outposts. "The Viet Cong," he says, "are doing that for us." In a guerrilla war, it is often impossible to tell who is winning. But in Viet Nam some things do seem certain: many more lives will be tragically lost, the war cannot possibly...
...Congregationalists and Presbyterians the "ultimate goal is that people in the college should be able to discover the richness of their faith without being overly organized in religious institutions." Students, says Rev. Mumma, should avail themselves of the community and abolish the dichotomy between the religious and academic life. In the university, a student is often confronted with abstractions and with a number of alternatives; Rev. Mumma feels that the importance of religion is to help people make value judgments...
...that his assassin was. It is possible to pay tribute to this man who died while serving his country without carrying out all or any one of the policies of which he was an advocate. If Barry Goldwater had been assassinated, would it be right for the Senate to abolish social security or to replace the graduated income...