Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...G.O.P. groups claim that computer foul-ups and the hectic pace of the campaign's last days were responsible for the delayed accounting. Willful violations of the reporting provisions are punishable by a $10,000 fine and/or two years in jail, unintentional violations by $1,000 and/or one year. However, it is virtually inconceivable that any suits will be filed. Though Richard Nixon campaigned on a pledge to name a tough new Attorney General, his appointee, no matter how tough he may be, can hardly be expected to make prosecution of the boss his first order of business...
...federal level. Under present law, the BOM inspectors are supposed to make periodic, unannounced checks of the mines to ensure that safety procedures are being followed. But they lack authority to impose any punitive measures on mine operators who continually violate the law. And despite BOM denial, many miners claim that the mine operators are informed of inspections ahead of time...
...investors accused of acting on the Merrill Lynch tip-including Dreyfus Corp., the Madison Fund and Investors Management Co.-are still to appear before an SEC examiner for hearings on the Douglas case. And individual Merrill Lynch customers who feel that they were wronged by the Douglas incident may claim compensation for their losses...
Communist losses have undoubtedly been heavy. Since the beginning of the year, the allies claim to have killed more than 165,000 men; the figure is probably inflated, but it is impossible to gauge by how much. "We took a good hunk out of the Communists," says one U.S. military analyst, "but not that much...
Outgoing President Raúl Leoni has cut so many ribbons inaugurating public works during the campaign that opponents claim he keeps a pair of scissors in his pocket. Leoni cannot constitutionally succeed himself, but his appearances aid Acción Democrática's candidate. He is Gonzalo Barrios, 65, an adroit and tough politician who, as Interior Minister, put down Venezuela's Castroite rebels...