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...Enough Bodies. This year, with a backlog of 66 bills still stalled in committee, Premier Ikeda ordered his men to push them through before the Diet session closes July 6. When the government party recently used its majority to force a vote on a controversial relief-law revision, cow-walking was no longer enough. Fists and ashtrays started to fly. Battling lawmakers shouted: "Respect parliamentary procedures!" The brawling later spread to the cabinet committee, where five bills were stalled. Socialists massed around the committee-room door to prevent Chairman Tadanori Nagayama from entering...
Jordan recently protested furiously when Israel hoisted a Goliath-sized, illuminated Star of David on Jerusalem's demilitarized Mount Scopus; Israelis complain that, under the armistice, they should not be barred from Arab Jerusalem's historic Wailing Wall. At last count, the backlog of unsettled disputes totaled a staggering 37,340. One of the few Arab-Israeli compromises: agreement to let a lonely Roman Catholic Trappist monk, one Father Marcel, continue cultivating his vineyards in the no man's land near Tel Aviv...
...record 68.1 million. > The industrial production index rose 2 points to a record 122.4 (1957-59 =100), showing strength in all manufacturing industries. > Private housing starts rose 7% to 1,630,000 units. > Orders for durable goods climbed 4%, while sales of durables advanced 2.5%. > The backlog of durable goods orders totaled $45.9 billion, up nearly $3 billion since January...
...traveled all over the U.S.. recording its infinitely varied landscapes. He organized the squads of artists that covered World War II. in peacetime built up a backlog of impressive portraits of his artist and writer friends. When the ab stractionists took over center stage, he tended to fade from public view. Last week Manhattan's Cober Gallery offered a reminder that Biddle is as fresh an artist at 78 as at the peak of his fame...
...earlier pioneer in what may prove to be a nocturnal trend is Los Angeles' KTTV, which inaugurated its "All Night Show" six months ago. Featuring films from the MGM backlog, the program includes guest visits from local bigs and wellwishers like Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Shelley Berman, who drop in after their own late shows if they are working at local nightclubs. The station estimates that its audience has grown to nearly half a million. "We have no ratings," says KTTV, "because no one dares call at that time of night...