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...case of the schools, the Gov ernment for a long time accepted local assurances of desegregation, only this year began asking evidence of "substantial progress." Even then, it was content merely to defer aid to transgressors; but when Southern Congress men blocked that option by getting legislation passed limiting deferments to 60 days, the Government had no choice but to push for outright fund cutoffs...
...University will defer a decision on barring the game from the Stadium until attempts can be made to work out a compromise solution with Boston and Cambrige...
...Hampshire law, Mrs. Clark's lawyer requested a pretrial look at the "place of injury" doctrine. As a result, New Hampshire's approach to choice of law has been drastically revised. From now on, said State Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank R. Kenison, New Hampshire will defer to whichever state offers "the sounder rule...
...which opened Congress' first major investigation of the draft since 1951, the white-haired, crew-cut Hershey defended continued exemptions of college students training to be professionals such as doctors and engineers. "If we want skills that may be critical tomorrow," he argued, "we should be prepared to defer them when the needs of the armed forces permit." Noted Hershey: "There is concern over 'inequity.' Equality of ability, equality of service do not exist." When Pennsylvania Republican Richard Schweiker argued that a "national policy would reduce these inequities," Hershey coolly countered: "If you are driving 65 miles...
...tells you they want you to get an education; they're doing the opposite of what they say if they take the college students out." Donald ("King") White, 18, about to graduate from Manhattan's Louis D. Brandeis High School, thinks that it might be unfair to defer college students: "If they dodge the draft, I'm against them; if they're going to do good for the community, I'm with them...