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...given off by a spacecraft. He claims that the extraterrestrial crew guided him through a number of "unusual experiences" including a military-style inspection of their ranks. Now president of an association of flying-saucer believers called the New Age Foundation, Inc., Aho this year urged President Carter to appoint an Ambassador to Outer Space, just in case more otherworldly visitors show up. So far, the President has not responded...
Last week, a day after the funeral for Alabama Senator James Allen, Wallace offered to appoint Allen's widow Maryon as interim Senator. She was "humbled" to accept-and added that she might run for the seat herself in a special election in the fall. Wallace replied that she would have some stiff opposition. Letters have poured in from supporters asking him to reconsider his retirement. Unless he changes his mind again, he will be running for Allen's seat himself. The old dog is barking back...
...plan, which still has to be approved by Volvo's unions and the Norwegian parliament, the present firm will be dissolved and replaced by a holding company, called Volvo (Svenskt-Norskt) and composed of two divisions. The Swedish branch will have 60% of the shares and appoint six directors to the ten-seat board; the Norwegian wing will own 40% and name four board members. Owners of Volvo stock will be given shares in the Swedish operation; half of the shares of the new Norwegian branch will be sold to the public, with the rest going to the Norwegian...
...listening to Democratic Senators grumbling on the Senate floor and in the cloakrooms about Carter's foreign policy." Said another: "Hell, if we offered [the manifesto] to the whole Senate, we could have got 75 Senators." The widespread carping prompted Senate G.O.P. Leader Baker two months ago to appoint Texan Tower to head a six-Senator committee to draft a Republican policy statement. They produced a hard-line document that Baker toned down with the help of Republican liberals and moderates...
...Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and call for new elections. Kerr last year resigned, turning the job over to the Australian-born academic Sir Zelman Cowen. But after Cowen has had another four or five years in office, says a source close to Buckingham Palace, the Queen would like to appoint Charles to the position...