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...Harvard junior described it as a typical harrassment arrest. The case has been removed to a federal court and will probably eventually find its way to the 5th District Court in New Orleans, La. Hodes said that because of the tremendous backlog of cases, his case is not likely to come up for years...
...tenants from 325 buildings refused to pay their rent because their landlords had failed to rout the rats, drain the swampy basements and plug the holes in the walls and ceilings. Mayor Wagner lent his support by ordering a new drive against "slumlords," but the Buildings Department, with a backlog of 250,000 complaints, is still snowed under...
...Joseph Swidler, a former New Dealer and TVA general counsel, preaches the advantages of a dual system of public and private utilities. Since 1961, he has helped clear up the overwhelming backlog of 4,000 rate cases, expanded the 1,200-man agency's enforcement authority...
...same time, the company has been hit by the U.S.'s planned 10% reduction in defense orders. Sperry Rand counts on the Pentagon for half of its sales. In the past year its defense backlog has dropped 14% to $515 million, and it has laid off 300 engineers, as well as 1,300 production workers...
...payments, the lowest number in five years. New deposits in savings and loan associations during May ran 3% higher than in the same month in 1963, the first such gain this year. To Washington's chart watchers, this is a clue that many Americans are building up a backlog of spendable funds that will contribute to keeping the economic expansion going...