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...yield new sovereignty to a federation. "After we've taken our seat at the U.N. as a sovereign independent state, have hoisted our flag and are singing our national anthem, and then Kenya and Uganda become free, shall we then say, 'Boys, we will lower these flags, abolish these anthems and vacate our seats'? Why, that goes against human nature...
...presented, the program will abolish the distinction between Honors and non-Honors concentrators, allowing all students to enter junior and senior tutorial and to write a thesis. These students would do the equivalent of Honors work but could be students whose grades were below Honors level and who would receive a degree without distinction...
...family, Cuba's No. 1 Wise Man had a questionable gift. At a meeting in Havana, a claque of well-rehearsed sugar growers voted to abolish the long-established Cuba Cane Growers' Association and to condemn one man who spoke out against the move. The man was Castro's older (36) brother, Sugar Grower Ramón Castro, who helped the revolution with funds but has been increasingly critical of its recent course. The meeting derided Ramón Castro for "utilizing the name of the Prime Minister." And it urged jail for members...
Some conscientious supporters of reform fear that a popularly elected convention would run amuck over the Declaration of Rights and perhaps abolish the protection against self-incrimination. Backers of a convention answer that this suspicion of the electorate is inconsistent with democratic government; but they add that even if the convention ran wild, people would have a year to cool off and refuse to ratify bad suggestions in the referendum. As a further protection, the bill to put the convention to a referendum bars the body from discussing the Declaration of Rights, but the courts have not yet said that...
...Boost from the Fed. Looking ahead, Beise hopes to realize one of banking's cherished dreams: to abolish the paycheck. By teaming up IBM 7070s with ERMA, he plans to credit his bank employees' wages directly to their accounts, hopes the scheme will appeal to other companies for which his bank handles the payroll. Asks Beise: "Instead of printing checks for a company, which the employee has to deposit, why not print deposit slips...