Word: charterers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pretoria government's first reaction was to recall U.N. Ambassador Roelofse F. ("Pik") Botha home for "urgent consultation." Foreign Minister Hilgard Muller announced that South Africa-a charter member of the U.N. and one of the few African nations that pays its dues-will freeze its annual $1.1 million contribution to the U.N. budget. The possibility of withdrawing from the U.N. was being debated in Pretoria last week, but the consensus seemed to be that such a move would be self-defeating. As one Johannesburg newspaper put it, as long as South Africa's enemies can shout...
...counter-Gridiron" party was held that attracted many of the celebrities who had previously attended the orthodox bash. Now, with the solemnity of king penguins about to bathe en masse in public, the Gridiron has yielded-sort of. The word "persons" has been substituted for "men" in the charter, and membership will expand to 60 over the next five years. Does that mean ten women members by 1980? Not necessarily. Any candidate for admission may still be blackballed by any two active members, and four men voted against the change. The first woman likely to be nominated is Helen Thomas...
...list of special-interest laws and regulations is still growing, despite howls from economists that they are serious contributors to double-digit inflation. Last week, for example, the Civil Aeronautics Board approved guidelines that would put a floor under fares charged by charter airlines on flights to Europe. Its action sets the stage for a possible 35% rate rise by 1975. A bill that is now in Senate-House conference and is expected to speed to the White House shortly would require that almost one-third of all oil imported into the U.S. be brought in aboard American-made ships...
OSHA's problem was what to do about it. The agency's charter calls for it to prevent any occupational disease -and it had theoretical evidence to show that even slight exposure to VC might cause cancer. On the other hand, if OSHA set a zero level of exposure, it would force the closing of major segments of an immense industry...
Harvard Student Agencies' Travel Services, which lost $25,000 because of last year's schedule change, has arranged to extend return charter flights for a week in January if the Faculty approves a change...