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Equally encouraging to the President were the nice things being said about him by many of the same Democratic Governors who seemed ready to disown him only six months ago. Making a brief appearance at a meeting of 17 of the nation's 25 Democratic Governors a fortnight ago in St. Louis, Johnson heard assurances of party harmony and political support in '68. "What they said was music to my ears," he declared. Of the 17 Governors, only Georgia's Lester Maddox and Louisiana's John J. McKeithen declined to pledge their support for next year...
Hello, summer school student. While you have been snatching a fortnight's vacation, the Harvard Summer New's Editorial Board has been wrangling over which courses are the best picks for this summer. The Board is practiced in this art, for it struggles all winter over which courses to pan or praise in The Harvard Crimson (or Winter News, if you like) Confidential Guide...
Clearly, such a universal phenomenon should have commanded intensive research attention. In fact it has not, and until recently there has been so little research that 90% or more of today's knowledge about inflammation has been gained in the past ten years. Not until a fortnight ago did the International Inflammation Club convene its first symposium. The club is an amorphous group with no officers or formal organization. Conceived by Biochemist John C. Houck of Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., it drew together 80 researchers as guests of the Upjohn Co. at Brook Lodge in Michigan...
...advertising to woo stockholders, and interest charges on temporary financing, if it is needed. While proxy fights often turn into marathons (Realty Developer Philip Levin's battle with MGM is now more than a year old and far from over), tender offers generally click or flop within a fortnight. One reason: stockbrokers find them particularly profitable since under New York Stock Exchange rules they get a double commission, once on the sale by the investor and again on the purchase by the bidder...
...gambling $2,500,000 on deepening a single mine to 9,100 ft. "We're more optimistic than ever about the future of silver," said Hecla Chairman L. J. Randall. The same feeling spread to the New York Stock Exchange, where silver shares climbed rapidly. In the past fortnight, Hecla gained 8 points to 55¾, Bunker Hill 6¾ points to 36⅜|, Sunshine Mining 3½ points to 32½. In short, investors seem to be betting that the price of silver will top $2 per oz.-a few even talk of $3 per oz.-once...