Word: bans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nuclear Tests: In his sharpest specific foreign-policy departure from the Administration so far, Rockefeller has urged that the U.S. resume nuclear-weapons tests (banned by the Administration in October 1958, with the ban probably to be extended beyond the Dec. 31 deadline). The U.S. should continue tests, says Rockefeller, until it works out a test-ban agreement with the Soviet Union that carries a dependable detection system...
Soon after left-wing British Author J. B. Priestley and his archaeologist wife Jacquetta arrived in Australia last month for a ban-the-bomb peace conference, they decided that they did not like being Down Under at all. About to leave Australia last week, J.B. was still smarting about the reception they had received: "We were cold-shouldered and treated as if we were lepers." Why? "Political cowardice." Details: "I don't like the political atmosphere of Australia. It doesn't smell right to me. I am not a Communist. My wife is not a Communist. We have...
...strength of this tenuous evidence. Secretary Flemming decided to ban the use of stilbestrol in fattening fowl. (It will still be permitted in fattening cattle and sheep, because even FDA supersleuths have not been able to find any residue in these meats, provided that growers stop feeding the substance to the animals at least 48 hours before slaughtering.) Manufacturers agreed to stop selling stilbestrol to caponette raisers, and the farmers agreed to stop using stuff they will no ' longer be able to get. The Department of Agriculture was stuck with the job of buying up $10 million worth...
TYPEWRITER IMPORT BAN is sought by U.S. typewriter manufacturers. The Tariff Commission will investigate a petition from Smith-Corona Marchant and Royal McBee asking for a duty of 30% ad valorem per foreign machine, with a minimum fee of $10. Main reason: imports account for a disproportionate 30% of the U.S. market...
...jolly veterans who comprise the American Legion's fun-loving 40 & 8 Society have been wrangling for ten years over the Legion's insistence that they drop their ban against admitting nonwhite members (American Indians are allowed). The Legion, which itself is interracial, pushed the question to a floor vote at the last convention (TIME, Sept. 7), but the integrationists lost. Authorized by his executive committee to the necessary steps, the Legion's new National Commander, Martin McKneally, Newburgh (N.Y.) lawyer and World War II Army major, last week did just that. He ousted...