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...UNITED NATIONS: The abolition of military blocs should lead to a growing role for the United Nations. Relations among states must be established on a new basis that respects the principles of the U.N. Charter: the right to independence and sovereignty of every state, the right to choose its own road to economic and social development without any outside interference, and the renunciation of all forms of force and threats of force...
...impasse also dims the scheduled lines' hopes of slowing or stopping a drain of passengers to the cut-rate charter flights offered by the nonscheduled carriers. Last week one such line was advertising two-to-four-week round-trip fares between New York and London for as little as $179 in peak season. The scheduled lines had hoped that their new advance-fare service would enable them to come closer to meeting those prices, while also allowing them to plan operations so that they could cut costs by flying fully loaded planes. But weeks of effort...
...Cherokee, Iowa. A successful Democrat in a Republican farm state, Gillette opposed Roosevelt's plans to pack the Supreme Court, extend Lend-Lease aid to European Allies and serve for more than two terms. He overcame his reputation as an isolationist by helping to draft the United Nations Charter, but despite his apparent popularity and staunch pro-farmer politics, he was defeated for a fourth Senate term...
Since the City Charter stipulates that the City Manager has sole jurisdiction over the specific composition of the budget, last night's action was at best a strong recommendation...
Appearing only four weeks before the sharply contested national elections, the manifesto and charter have provoked bitter controversy across France. For the first time since the present abortion law was passed in 1920, chances for reform seem good...