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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...year by the American Bar Association, which called on the courts to set curfews for certain defendants, to require them to report regularly to court officers and to prohibit them from carrying a weapon or other acts that might bring trouble. The Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit research group seeking to modernize legal procedures, started a trend away from money bail in Manhattan, is now offering job training and counseling to some of those who are released on their own word...
Just the Man. His links to Washington impressed some American industrialists and Greek politicians. Pappas decided that he was just the man to bring the two groups together and attract U.S. capital to his native land. He even compiled a list of Greek politicians and other leaders and for years sent them cards at Christmas and on their saints' days. After a few small business deals in Greece taught him how to cut through Athens' labyrinthine bureaucracy, his biggest coup came in 1962, when Standard Oil (N.J.) went into partnership with him. The Greek government sought bids...
Europe's Advantage. The U.S.'s Committee for Economic Development, a group of top executives, argues that VAT should be considered as a partial replacement for corporate income taxes. Congress so far shows no inclination to consider such fundamental changes. In Geneva, American negotiators have been pushing for a sensible change in GATT rules to allow U.S. companies to receive export rebates based on corporate income taxes and other "direct" taxes. In his final economic message, President Johnson asked for Europe's help in revising the rules "so that they no longer give a special advantage...
...Brentano office in New York was unavailable for comment on the group's charges. The Phillips store manager, Margaret Specht, said only that she expected "an amicable settlement...
...about a month ago to end what the employee committee charges is an "inequitable wage policy." Phillips, they claim, has paid temporary help higher wage rates than permanent employees. Harvard students hired for inventory, they say, received $2 an hour, while permanent employees receive a maximum of $1.89. The group claims also that Phillips has paid employees unequal wages for the same work and has not granted raises to workers with seniority...