Word: guarded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...them back in the bill, because small loans are the ones that most often soak the poor. A Republican amendment even made loan sharking a federal crime worth a max imum 25-year prison term. The House demonstrated its greatest solicitude for consumers, however, in an amendment to guard the first $30 of any paycheck from garnishment actions, in which creditors sue employers for part of a debtor's salary. Garnishments were limited to 10% of anything over $30, and employers were barred from firing workers because of the first garnishment-a widespread practice...
...hand, Sizer points out, "Plans to strengthen the police and National Guard are now more in the Federal rhetoric than those to strengthen the schools...
Thus Erv Johnson, 38, learned that he was back in the Navy as a result of the Korean confrontation. President Johnson's activation of 14,787 civilians in 28 Air Reserve units of the National Guard, Air Force and Navy turned "weekend warriors" into full-time military men practically overnight. Many Reservists were given less than twelve hours to report to their units; few had more than 24-hour notice. Most were caught by surprise...
...also supported such congressional pet projects -which McNamara opposed-as development of an advanced manned bomber to replace the B-52 and construction of a greatly expanded nuclear fleet of warships. He also expressed serious reservations about the politically unpopular plan once advocated by McNamara to merge the National Guard and the Army Reserves. Following his testimony, Clifford was unanimously endorsed by the committee, made up of twelve Democrats and six Republicans, and is expected to win Senate confirmation this week...
Though free navigation courses are offered by the Coast Guard's Power Squadrons, Simonsen correctly guessed that many aspiring boatmen would prefer studying in their own homes, and at their own speed. To accommodate people who "want to buy a boat this winter and sail it to Hawaii next summer," he devised two simplified courses in celestial and coastwise navigation, both of which can be completed in as little as three months...