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Senior Apostle. Eisenhower's former Secretary of Agriculture, who is now senior apostle and head of the council, has flustered many Mormons with his abrasive public utterances, some of them to John Birch Society audiences. His benediction at the funeral of President McKay was so heavy with right-wing political overtones as to embarrass even the conservative Mormon hierarchy. Now the divisive Benson is next in the wings, as amiable President Kimball begins his regime...
...David L. Birch '59, principal investigator for the study, said yesterday he hopes the report will demonstrate to federal housing experts the need for a mix of programs--more construction, housing subsidies, rent control, mortgage loans--in order to deal effectively with the range of housing problems across...
...research group chose the criteria for inadequate housing that led to a conservative national figure, Birch said. Physically substandard housing was judged only on the basis of adequate heating and plumbing and discounted such items as lighting, ventilation, and a unit's sanitary condition...
Thriftiest Speed. Officers of bus lines have been claiming that their maximum efficient speed, below which they will use more gasoline per mile, is 60 to 65. Truckers say that their thriftiest speed is just under 60. Democratic Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana has been lobbying for an amendment to the Energy Emergency Bill that would exempt buses and trucks from the new limits. The Interstate Commerce Commission proposes to ease its "gateway" restrictions, which until now have often forced trucks to take circuitous routes instead of direct ones between some cities. Other truckers, though, will be hurt...
...Enable John J. Sirica, as chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to name a special prosecutor who could be fired only for "extraordinary improprieties." The bill was sponsored by Democrats Philip Hart of Michigan and Birch Bayh of Indiana, and would keep the prosecutor free from the Democratic-controlled Congress as well as the White House. But some lawyers have raised doubts about its constitutionality...