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MEAT-PACKING CHECKUPS will be stepped up by Agriculture Department if Secretary Benson gets bigger appropriation to do job. Department wants to head off campaign by small packers to shift Benson's police powers to FTC on grounds he has been lax about such things as price discrimination, e.g., giveaway coupons by big packers...
Each factor is further subdivided, (such as "lax" discipline, "indifferent" affection, etc.) and scores are given for each subdivision. By determining which subdivisions a boy falls under and adding up the equivalent scores, a total score is obtained which indicates the boy's chances of becoming a delinquent...
...editorial entitled "Father Halton's Legitimate Complaint," the Princetonian, in less vehement terms, agreed with Halton that "the religion department is, in fact, made up of men committed to a definitely non-Catholic position, men, who, because of their very strong commitments of faith, would be bound to be lax in presenting a fair view of the Roman Catholic standpoint...
...week's end the Vice President returned to Washington, reported to the President on the mood of the U.S. as he had found it (they like Ike), on his own behind-the-scenes prodding of some lax and lagging G.O.P. precinct-level organizations, on his belief that a presidential visit would help some edgy states, e.g., California. The same night Nixon staged a nationwide TV press conference, a bright stunt that ranged eight newsmen against him in eight U.S. cities by remote TV pickups. He distressed professional newsmen because he turned the questions into take-off points for snippets...
...varsity baseball team, trouble never seems to come in one big dose. One day the hitting may be bad, while another day the fielding may be lax. Still, the pitching holds steady. Yesterday, both the hitting and the fielding were miserable, but nevertheless the Crimson wobbled to a 4-2 victory over Brown...