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What Norway's old people wanted to know was whether the new regime meant the ax for the traditional welfare program. No fear. The suddenly successful coalition promised to lower taxes by slashing huge food and housing subsidies and to curb inflation, probably, as a starter, by boosting the low lending rates of the state-owned banks. But it did not dare to suggest dismantling the structure of basic welfare benefits. As a matter of fact, listening to Liberal Leader Bent Roiseland, 63, the likely choice for Premier, one wondered why he ever bothered to run as an antisocialist...
...foreign aid bills. As chairman of House Appropriations' foreign operations subcommittee, Passman, a graduate of Bogalusa Commercial Business College, has long been convinced that the best way to lose foreign friends is to "start supporting them with gifts and favors." Wielding what he calls "a countryman's ax" on global giveaways, Passman since 1955 has been principally responsible for trimming presidential aid requests by an average of 20% a year, for a total of nearly $20 billion...
...most politicians, the footing is slippery enough on a dry day at sea level, but Washington's Republican Governor Daniel J. Evans, 39, wanted it higher and slipperier. Square-jawed Sportsman Evans took up crampons, ropes and ice ax, fulfilled what he called a lifelong ambition by making the icy, difficult climb to the summit of the state's highest peak, 14,408-ft. Mount Rainier. Guided by a park ranger and Veteran Mountain Man Dee Molenaar, the Governor made the round trip from a 10,000-ft. overnight camp to the tip in a creditable eleven hours...
Convict Robert Pennell, 26, was trimming tree limbs with a North Carolina prison road gang last month when he stumbled over a small hole. Falling forward, he stuck out his left hand to catch himself, just as a fellow prisoner swung a sharp ax. The swipe accidentally chopped off Pennell's hand at the wrist. One prisoner fashioned a tourniquet from a shoestring and a stick to keep him from bleeding to death, while another gingerly picked up the severed hand and wrapped it in a handkerchief. Pennell was rushed to North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Packed...
...major difference was that Everett's arm had been torn off by a train. Pennell's hand had been neatly severed-a great aid for the North Carolina surgeons. For that bit of luck, Pennell had himself to thank; just before the accident he had sharpened the ax that...