Word: election
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...State Factor. Congress' sudden sympathy for reform reflects that growing public desire for a change. What shape a proposed amendment will finally take is not yet clear, however. Besides the House Judiciary Committee's plan for a direct election, there are also schemes to retain electoral votes in some form. One such plan would divide each state's electoral votes among the candidates according to the popular-vote breakdown. Another would elect members of the Electoral College by local districts...
...army's influence was most apparent in the newly elected Central Committee: of its 170 members, 105 are either soldiers or civilians with solid military backgrounds. Its meeting in Peking last week to elect a new Politburo and Standing Committee produced several surprises. Mao was, of course, re-elected chairman, and newly anointed Successor Lin Piao was chosen as the only vice chairman. However, Premier Chou Enlai, who had long clung to his ranking as third in the power hierarchy, was listed with two others as simply a member of the Standing Committee. China watchers saw this...
Robert E. Lockwood '70, president-elect of HSA, said last night that after the lawyer's request the court had suggested continuing the hearing until May 19. Lockwood said he then told the court the issue should not be left "hanging over people's heads," and the hearing was tentatively...
Afro will hold a very important meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in. PBH to elect representatives for the AAS departmental committee...
...that the School Committee's action on Tuesday was the end of the campaign. "We were beaten on this issue," she said, "but we have a lot of people in this city talking about the education of their children, and what we are going to do next fall is elect a School Committee which will be more responsive to the wishes of the community...