Word: bill
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Large. His colleagues in the Senate were of another mind. Last week the Senate military critics successfully passed a series of amendments to the military appropriation bill...
...Carrier. Still pending is an amendment to cut more than $500 million from the bill by limiting the purchase of the controversial C-5A aircraft. The Senate critics also want to deny the Pentagon a $377 million nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. They argue that in the missile age the carrier makes too massive and lumbering a target, and that the U.S. is the only major sea power still building them. Another thorny topic to be discussed is whether the U.S. still needs-and can afford -to maintain 428 major overseas military bases...
...beginning." Javits added: "Congress will have to consider-perhaps on a phased-in basis-a support level of at least $3,000 for those who are unable to support themselves." Congress will have that opportunity. Three representatives-Jonathan Bingham, John Conyers and Charles Whalen-presented a new bill last week that would provide a base of $3,200 for a family of four...
...that prosecution is easy under the best of circumstances. The gangsters' well-paid legal corps takes full advantage of the Bill of Rights. The Mob's muscle often takes care of potential witnesses. It takes a brave citizen to call the police. Also, most of the evidence gathered by the FBI, until recently, was not admissible in court...
...stood to reason that a 195-lb. amateur wrestler would have little chance against a 280-lb. bruiser with twelve years in the pro wrestling game. But that was not how the script read when Dr. Sam Sheppard made his debut against Wild Bill Scholl in a charity match in Waverly, Ohio. Seven minutes into the match Dr. Sam coolly jammed two fingers into Wild Bill's mouth and expertly pressed the mandibular nerve, which lies in the tender area under the tongue. Scholl instantly went limp with agony. Fall and match to Sheppard. "Only new thing...