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Exports Up. The improvement came partly because the U.S. sold wheat to Russia and partly because some payments that Washington had hoped to collect last year did not come in until this year. But there was much more to it than that. The proposed U.S. tax on purchases of foreign stocks-among many other deficit-fighting measures put forth under President Kennedy-has already reduced capital outflow. The threat of this tax, which is likely to become law this summer, has already been effective because the tax will be retroactive to last July...
Johnson's bill also calls for expansion of existing programs. There would be loans to new or expanded industries in depressed areas, loans to small businesses, literacy and vocational training for mothers who collect aid for dependent children, pilot projects to aid unemployed fathers...
...citizen dramatic new immunity in the exercise of his classic right to sound off against his chosen leaders. The public conduct of public officials, the court ruled, is henceforth fair game, even if the criticism is misguided, unwarranted, undeserved or untrue. If the injured party expects to collect any damages, he will have to prove that the criticism was deliberately or recklessly false-in short, that malice was involved...
Others suggested that Listen had thrown the fight to build up the gate for a return match. That made no better sense: as challenger, Listen would collect only half the champion's share. Still others, including Michigan Senator Philip A. Hart, saw something suspicious in the fact that Cassius had signed a $50,000 "contingency" contract with Intercontinental Promotions Inc. before the fight-giving Intercontinental the right to pick the opponent and site for his first title defense. The opponent naturally figured to be Sonny Liston; he owns 22½% of Intercontinental Promotions...
Blue, White & Yellow. Azure crescents in the fingernails sometimes mean that a patient is suffering from Wilson's disease, a disorder that causes copper to collect in the brain, liver and cornea of the eye, and results in progressive tremor. Addison's disease, a serious malfunction of the adrenal glands, shows up in yellow fingernails. Vertically ridged nails may be a sign of nerveroot damage. Liver trouble sometimes results in opaque white nails that will not change color even when squeezed...