Word: magnuson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Strickman, who felt that the university was dragging its feet on the product, Columbia backed out of the deal. The university said that it had made "a well-intentioned mistake in entering a highly controversial and competitive commercial field." It had indeed, suggested Washington's Democratic Senator Warren Magnuson. The outspoken tobacco industry foe charged that Strickman's secret polymer device was "not as efficient" as "some filters now in production...
...tests were urged on the FTC by Washington Democrat Warren G. Magnuson, the Senate's chief anti-smoking warrior. The commission, which had called a halt to the tobacco industry's health-prompted "tar derby" back in 1960 on grounds that no standard testing methods existed, reversed itself last year at Magnuson's behest. With the new rankings, which will be revised periodically, Magnuson hopes that now "the American smoker will choose his poison" and force the industry into another derby...
There were other gripes, too. The American Tobacco Co. complained that the 23.1 mg. of tar reported for its 100-mm. Pall Mall filters was based on an old version replaced in October by an improved filter that yields less than 21 mg. For all the huffs, however, Magnuson is going ahead with plans to urge retailers to display the rankings at cigarette counters...
Nonetheless, awaiting action in Congress is a bill by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Warren Magnuson to authorize construction of as many as six successors to Savannah. Meanwhile, he believes, she should be kept in commission. Her backers argue that scrapping Savannah could set back development of a nuclear merchant fleet by five to ten years. "It was a long time between Robert Fulton's steam boat and operating steamships," says a U.S. maritime official. "Then the British used steam for years while we stuck to sails-and we never did catch up with their head start...
What is more likely is some sort of federal action. Legislation now pending in Congress would safeguard policyholders against insurance company failures by providing federal backup auto insurance, much like the kind that protects bank depositors. Washington Democrat Warren Magnuson promises that his Senate Commerce Committee will turn upcoming hearings on that legislation into a "root-and-branch investigation" of auto insurance in general...