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What was surprising was that, despite these handicaps, Nepal ran smoother elections than many a more advanced nation. More than half the 109 Parliament seats went to the Nepali Congress Party. Communists got only a handful as did the party of Nepal's most colorful politician, anti-American K. I. Singh. Under Nepali Congress Party Leader (and prospective Premier) B. P. Koirala, Nepal will probably keep to the same course it pursued under King Mahendra, who ordered the elections (and will continue to reign as a constitutional monarch). Major difference is that now Nepal's rulers...
...this strenuous action did not get enough trains back on the run. So many key trainmen stayed out that service was reduced by as much as a half and trains ran hours behind schedule. Rotting cargo piled up at freight sidings through the country, and a food shortage threatened Mexico City...
...basic issue: while the cost of living has risen 40% in three years, wages have gone up only about half that much. The rank and file is tired of the cozy old system whereby union leaders cooperate with the government and in turn get cushy government jobs. Sample: Labor Confederation Chief Fidel Velázquez is also a Senator. Even if López Mateos' stern measures win this round, the show of worker loyalty behind Vallejo was a signal of more labor turmoil ahead...
...phenomenon of superconductivity, or the unimpeded flow of electricity through metals cooled to temperatures approaching absolute zero (-459.6° F.), was given a new twist by Physicist Bernd Matthias of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. A magnetic field dissipates superconductivity. So for half a century, theorists have assumed that magnetic metals could not be used. But Matthias found that some magnetic metals serve unusually well as superconductors. In fact, by combining magnetic metals with others, he can make alloys that become superconducting at the relatively high temperature of -426° F. It is even possible, Physicist Matthias adds, to make superconducting...
...little room for change. Once the State has approved new forms of revenue, the City may choose not to use them, but it cannot employ any other taxes not approved; thus Wagner, if he wants money to spend, must raise it in the way the legislature has prescribed. About half of the additional $125 million revenue will come from fairly straightforward increases in the taxes on the gross receipts of businesses and public utilities operating in the City...