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...Fortnight ago, Congress was close to passing a new resolution suspending the cumbersome rules for presidential campaigners. Then, last week, Senate Democrats suddenly went into reverse and shelved the bill. The Senators' switch was obviously aimed at helping out Lyndon Johnson, who 1) does not want to debate with Barry Goldwater on TV, and 2) does not want to decline publicly. Thus the Democrats have denied the public the freewheeling campaign coverage it enjoyed...
...systems and new equipment. Last week American Machine & Foundry announced that 18 U.S. cities are considering elevated monorail systems. Pittsburgh is building a one-mile experimental "skybus" expressway over which remote-control trains of rubber-tired buses will be guided by an I-shaped center rail. And the President fortnight ago ordered the Commerce Department to study plans for a high speed (about 150 m.p.h.) rail service along the 380-mile "megalopolis" between Boston and Washington. It would cut rail time from 8½ hours to four...
...orders gap." In Hershey last week, Barry, in responding to accusations that he is "trigger-happy," told newsmen that Lyndon Johnson had killed that issue himself with an "impulsive action that nobody has condemned, by telling subordinate commanders to use any weapons necessary" in the Gulf of Tonkin fortnight ago. "Do you mean that the President has given field commanders the right to use any weapons, including atomic weapons?" asked a reporter. "I would suggest you read his admonition to the commander of the Seventh Fleet in which he said to use any weapons," replied Barry. "Now I think...
...innovations, now has 375 such offices. The industry has donated driver-training equipment to many high schools to help slow the rising auto-accident rate and has begun tailoring its policies more closely to fit the risk. Insurance commissions have been besieged by companies seeking rate increases: fortnight ago. New York granted a long-awaited 4% to 25% increase in its auto insurance rates...
They sure were. Last fortnight the MacMillans finally got around to announcing the result of the drillings: "No commercial assays were obtained." The next day, sell orders flooded the Toronto Exchange, driving the price of Windfall stock as low as 80? before it closed at $1.04. Last week, as the price settled at a limp 78?, both the Ontario Securities Commission and the provincial government began investigations of Windfall's dealings. A BLACK DAY FOR CANADIAN MINING, headlined the respected Northern Miner...