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...plays flute, saxophone and clarinet, had a hand in writing six of the nine songs which appear on the album. Now a junior studying composing and arranging at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Ploss has the most diverse training in music. His musical interests range from 13th-century chamber music and baroque to modern 12-tone composition and jazz. "I would like to be able to emulate all of them so I can use them in doing something different. It really is very necessary if you're trying to do anything innovative, if not completely...
Currently, the opposition parties, which control a substantial majority in Chile's Chamber of Deputies, are trying to embarrass Allende by impeaching his most trusted Cabinet member, Socialist Interior Minister José Tohá. The move was transparently political, since even opposition members concede that Tohá is an effective and capable minister. He was formally accused by Christian Democratic Deputies and Nationalists, however, of having failed to control armed guerrilla groups of both the right and the left -particularly those leftists who had helped peasants make unauthorized land seizures-and a host of other, petty "crimes...
...weeks ago, the Chamber of Deputies approved the impeachment proceedings, thereby requiring the Senate-in which the opposition has a majority of one-to sit in judgment on Tohá. Under the Chilean constitution, a Cabinet officer faced with impeachment proceedings is automatically suspended from his post. Furious, Allende challenged the Chamber by making Tohá the acting Defense Minister and giving his old portfolio to Defense Minister Alejandro Ríos Valdivia, a moderate leftist. The opposition immediately complained that Allende was illegally circumventing the constitution...
...grounds that the present Congress does not represent the will of the people, Allende has threatened to hold a national plebiscite to replace the Chamber and the Senate with a unicameral "People's Assembly." His proposals, if put into effect, would emphasize the power of the President and downgrade the legislature. The opposition, meanwhile, has introduced a constitutional amendment -which stands a good chance of passage-that would restrain the President's ability to nationalize industry without congressional approval...
Speakers opposing Frisoli included the Chamber of Commerce representative, a representative of the Black Parents Association, a representative of the Harvard Square Ministers Association, and a teacher at Cambridge High and Latin...