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...loosen the legal straitjacket, eight states recently have reduced the penalty for possessing marijuana from a felony to a misdemeanor, or given their judges the discretion of reducing it. Their action is in line with the recommendations of every national commission that has studied the subject since a White House conference on drug abuse in 1962?and directly opposite to the tack that the Nixon Administration is taking...
BILL EVANS AND JEREMY STEIG, WHAT'S NEW (Verve). Pianist Evans and Flutist Steig make an effective team. Evans' controlled, persuasively lyrical solos tend to loosen up when goaded by Steig's frenetic flute, and his perceptive accompanying helps tone down Steig's demonic soarings. Particularly on What's New, Lover Man and the Spartacus Love Theme, the interaction results in near-perfection...
...Eastern European countries badly need outside aid in order to overhaul and modernize their industries. Since the Soviets cannot provide the aid without harming their own economic plans, the Eastern Europeans want to seek technical and financial assistance from the West. Fearing that economic ties with the West might loosen political allegiance, the Soviets oppose such links. One manifestation of the Soviets' attitude is their denunciation of the West's attempts to "build bridges" of tourism, culture and trade to Eastern Europe...
...morning McDivitt hustled out to the Air Show, where he and fellow Apollo 9 Crewmen David Scott and Russell Schweiclcart showed Cosmonauts Vladimir Shakalov and Alexei Yeliseyev around the American exhibit. The proceedings started somewhat stiffly; then a bottle of bonded bourbon was broken out and things began to loosen up. By the time the revelers reached the Russian exhibit with its plentiful stock of vodka, they were saluting everything from Snoopy to space medicine. Toasted to a light crisp, the space travelers finally piled onto their Vespas and scooted back to the American pavilion-two hours late for their...
Insurance companies have entered building to loosen their historic ties to a fixed return on investment; the old policy has lost appeal because of inflation. Last month, Chicago-based C.N.A. Financial Corp., a major insurance combine, agreed to acquire Los Angeles' Larwin Co., the nation's largest privately owned home-building concern (1968 sales: $50 million). The price: $100 million in C.N.A. stock. Prudential Insurance recently bought a half interest in southern California's Westlake Village, a new town being built by Shipping Magnate Daniel Ludwig...