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...half in politics and economics. Among the noted members of the politics and economics section this year are Carlos Garcia, Justice of the Argentinian Supreme Court; Hannes Androsch, member of the Austrian Parliment; Luke Kai-hsin Chin, editor of "Chinese Communist Affairs" and Mohaned Berjaoui, Lebanese ambassador and former member of Parliament...
...more political reason for involvement was sited by Mohamed Berjaoui, a Lebanese ambassador and former MP. He explained, "I had a more selfish reason. My first purpose was to give a better idea of my own country. We are Americans to have a more objective misunderstood over here and I want view of Lebanon. My participation in the seminar has also helped my colleagues have a clearer understanding of my country...
WASHINGTON, D. C. -- The Senate's Special Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics Friday heard testimony on heroin from nine people, five of whom were former addicts...
...just five months after becoming its head tended to confirm an impression in Washington that he is not overenthusiastic about his current post. He succeeded Manuel Cohen, a whirlwind policymaker who had greatly speeded the pace and expanded the variety of SEC regulatory activities. "Judge" Budge, a former Idaho Republican Congressman and state district judge who served as one of the SEC commissioners for more than four years, is quite different. He is likely to put off a study of an important question for a month or so until an SEC aide returns from vacation. In making policy, he allows...
Speed Sells. There are hundreds of additives on the market, and sales last year probably topped $100 million. The largest manufacturer is STP Corp. (for Scientifically Treated Petroleum). It had sales of only $9 million as late as 1963 -but then Andy Granatelli took over as president. Granatelli, a former racing driver, figured that if speed could sell cars and tires, it could sell additives as well. He began to offer extra cash to racers who pasted STP decals conspicuously on their cars. Motorists now buy 2,000,000 cans a week, usually paying more than a dollar...