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...gave the Senate Intelligence Committee some documents dealing with that program that were "without question falsified." Odell also charges that the CIA aided the Washington, D.C. police in quelling anti-war demonstrations during the 1960's. All of these operations were illegal," he says, because the CIA charter allows it only to act outside the United States...
...resolved in the few weeks before the election. Grand jury members and prosecutors are sworn to secrecy. Ruff cannot discuss any aspects of his investigation until it is completed. By removing the office of the special prosecutor from any political influence and making him responsible only to the charter under which he operates, Congress in effect required Ruff to continue to investigate even though the allegations might have seemed to be shaky and he undoubtedly knew that his probe would affect the elections...
About 18 months ago, in a historic session of the United Nations, 120 countries, representing more than three-fourths of the world's population, voted to adopt a Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States. It establishes the right of every nation to determine its own economic and political organization and to use its natural resources without foreign interference. It sets down the basis for authentic trade, financial and technological cooperation among all peoples, free from any attempt at domination...
...hope that the U.S. will soon join the vast majority of nations in signing the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, and resolve to use its enormous strength to root out the poverty of millions of people. The future of this great nation is tied to the future of humanity within a framework of interdependence. The alternative is to let economic forces follow their course toward the concentration of the world's wealth in a few industrial centers, while the vast majority of peoples, far from following a path toward development, begin a process of involution...
...Cheaper. The CAB did try to build some limits into the ABC plan so as not to entirely undercut the scheduled carriers. Airlines or charter operators, for example, may cancel a flight altogether under ABC if enough passengers do not show up; they may also change arrival and departure dates. Passengers who cancel will forfeit what the CAB described as a "substantial portion" of ticket costs. ABC also will be restrained by other rules, such as prohibiting charter operators from raising ticket prices if a flight is not fully booked, so prices may well be pegged high enough to offset...