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...looming 1959 deficit, said Stans, compels the Administration to "look critically at each one of the additional expenditure proposals being urged upon us." And a little elementary arithmetic shows that it will also compel the Administration to ask for another boost in the federal debt ceiling, which Congress reluctantly upped from $275 billion to $280 billion only three months...
...Conservatives (113), have refused so far to vote no confidence in the government and so precipitate another election. But now with a new leader, a fresh platform and reawakened aggressiveness, they may decide to join forces with one of the two minor parties, vote down the government, compel a new election. Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, watching the Liberal convention last week on TV from his bedroom, where he was recuperating from a wrenched back, gave back the challenge. He was expected to call for a new vote of confidence this week, dare the Liberals to deny...
When Atwell made his decision, explained Judge Rives, he thought that he was complying with a mandate issued by the appellate court. He was mistaken; the mandate did not necessarily compel immediate full-scale integration. It simply prohibited the barring of individual pupils from any particular school because of race. But even this limited kind of integration should not be put into practice until responsible school authorities, acting in good faith, feel that local conditions permit...
...moral qualities of radio, television and films. Comparable to the U.S.'s National Legion of Decency, which evaluates only films,* the committees will be guided by the Pontifical Commission for Movies, Radio and Television. Vatican officials say the committees will screen news broadcasts, drama and other entertainment and "compel decent programs" by expressing "forcefully" to broadcasters the public's disapproval of "ether indecency...
...epidemic which may strike 15 million to 30 million people. The disease is relatively mild (in no way comparable to the killing "Spanish flu" of 1918-19), and is likely to cause only a small number of deaths among the feeble young and enfeebled old. But it may compel 10% to 20% of the population in affected areas to take to their beds at the same time, thus cripple essential services...