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...fear that the reapportionment of state legislatures entirely on the basis of population would lead to their domination by "the bosses of the big-city political machines." Instead, Dirksen proposed, the voters in any state should be allowed to decide for themselves whether they wanted to elect one chamber on the basis of geographical or political subdivisions...
...white fox, dismounted and marched up the Royal Staircase past lines of tabarded heralds to the Royal Robing Room. Then, having donned the 18-ft. red velvet train, originally tailored for Queen Victoria and a 3-lb. jeweled crown, she mounted the throne in the jammed Lords' Chamber. "My Lords," murmured the Queen, "pray be seated...
Last week, in her 15th week of sneezing (a world record, so far as medical archives show), June Clark tried a different, long-distance-style therapy. Sent off by Bade County's Mayor Chuk Hall, she took her sinuses to Arizona-as the guest of Mesa's Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees, which have an understandable interest in promoting the curative powers of Arizona's supposedly pollen-free and allergen-free air. There, June still sneezed, but not so often...
...overall programming, too is aimed at an audience seriously interested in music. They strive for "variety and balance" says Erlanger. The "Afternoon Concert," "Music of the Renaissance," or "Great Chamber Music" shows are balanced by the popular trad jazz show "Here Comes the Hot Tamale Man" (Barry Hilton '66), the daily "jazz Entree," or the Baladeers" and "Hillbilly at Harvard." There are also documentaries, and weekly broadcasts of the Ford Hall Forum and the Mem Church Sunday service, although much less time is given to non-musical...
...calling for total mandatory sanctions that would be enforced mainly by the British. Growing more impatient by the hour, U.S. Ambassador Arthur Goldberg met with British Representative Lord Caradon and delegates from nine other member nations, and the group staged a 61-hour sit-in in the Security Council chamber in an effort to get Keita to call the meeting. When it finally convened at week's end-40 hours later than Britain requested-the pro-British majority carried the day, and the limited sanctions were approved. That left the next move up to the tankers...