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Most Seychellois are still not convinced that independence is for them, but René is making progress. Through his own newspaper, The People, occasional manifestoes ("To We Who Have Not Yet Broken the Colonial Chains That Fetter Us"), and stumping tours of the islands, he has built SPUP up into...
The idea can be traced to Detroit Car Dealer William M. Packer, who in 1950 dunned 100 friends for $100 apiece to aid the widow and newborn child of a murdered rookie patrolman. That started what is now a 453-member Detroit Hundred Club, with annual dues of $150 and...
The issue was Article 19 of the U.N. Charter, which provides that members failing to pay their dues lose their vote in the General Assembly. The U.S. had argued that special assessments to pay for U.N. peace-keeping forces in the Middle East's Gaza Strip and the Congo...
Oregon Democrat Edith Green tried to amend the bill to exempt people whose religion does not permit joining unions; her amendment was ruled "not germane." So strict were the limitations on debate that in order to complete her arguments, she three times had to borrow speaking time from the Republicans...
A Hodgepodge of Taxes. The second stage, also amounting to $1.7 billion, would come by Jan. 1, 1966 when the 10% tax on local and long-distance telephone and Teletype services would be reduced to 3%; the 8% to 20% taxes now charged on general admissions, race tracks, cabarets, club...