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...Volpe aide feels that the Governor's plan to appoint as Chief Justice of Massachusetts a judge who is not now on the Supreme Judicial Court (the Chief Justice is traditionally appointed from within the SJC) would not hurt his case but won't help...
...Buckley, deputy chairman of the Republican State Committee, granted a Worcester newspaper an interview in which he outlined Republican plans for increasing their numbers in the state legislature. Aside from suggesting that more candidates would be run and more money would be spent, Buckley predicted that Volpe would appoint some Democratic legislators to important, attractive administration posts to get them out of the legislature. Buckley could have been more discreet, but what he said was not particularly shocking. Democrats and Republicans have been using patronage for years to thin enemy ranks...
Garlic & Gold Coins. At the Shah's request, the Iranian Parliament has unanimously approved a bill that will eventually amend Iran's 50-year-old constitution and enable the Shah to appoint a regent-designate to rule if he should die before his son, Crown Prince Reza, now six, becomes 20 years old. His choice for the regency: his wife, Empress Farah, 28, who has presented him with two male heirs (plus a girl) after two previous wives failed to give him a son. The Shah, who has held Iran's Peacock Throne for 26 years without...
...Commissioner would be a $28-000-a-year Presidential appointee, whose term would last as long as the President saw fit. The President would appoint the Council, on a ward basis, for overlapping two-year terms. Their position would be only part-time, and the chairman would be appointed by the President, not elected by the Council. All top officials would have to be city residents...
...Bonn conference room crowded with bankers, aides and newsmen, Krupp sat silently while Socialist Economics Minister Karl Schiller spelled out what he called "a brave step that will remove unrest" about Krupp's future. In mid-April, the firm must appoint an "administrative council" of private but non-Krupp businessmen who will vote on all major management decisions. By the end of 1968, Krupp will be transformed into a public company, possibly some sort of foundation...