Word: minimums
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nearly a decade, moved swiftly to upgrade it. The New Jersey Guard was allowed to go above its official strength level so that more Negroes could be recruited; in four weeks, 106 Negroes have been enlisted, and 130 more are being processed. State units were ordered to raise minimum time spent on riot-control training from six to 32 hours a year, with added courses for officers. Another plan for improving efficiency through a realigning of many units was given an added push, despite the opposition of many Governors, who resist any change in the present setup, which tends...
...then centered in New Orleans, and little was known about it. Scare stories about marijuana leading to a crime wave prompted Congress to provide stiff penalties: up to five years for any pot offense. Now the maximum is 40 years. No probation is allowed for second offenders and a minimum sentence of five years is mandatory. In most states, no difference was seen between pot and such other drugs as heroin and opium; all were usually lumped under the same general narcotic law with the result that in Georgia, to take the most extreme example, selling marijuana to minors...
...will have a Federal Judicial Center to assist us in meeting the problems of administration. In proposing to the Congress the creation of the Center, the Judicial Conference of the United States stated the objective of the Center to be the dispensation of justice with maximum effectiveness and minimum waste by means of a thorough scientific study of judicial administration and through programs of continuing education for judges and the training of court personnel. This will be a great step forward. The Center will, we hope, serve both to assist in seeking solutions to problems of administration and also...
...keep a toe-hold in Parliament, kep the channels of information open, and try to counter the reactionary trend in South Africa. The conflict in Vietnam has taken much of the world attention and odium away from the regime in South Africa, but Mrs. Suzman hopes to keep a minimum of pressure on the government until inflation forces the Afrikaners into economic integration...
...which then had to fire only 106 sees, to stabilize the craft and slow it to a safe 8.1-m.p.h. landing. The margin was perilously close. Data analyzed after the touchdown showed that helium pressure was down to 556 lbs. per sq. in.-just 6 lbs. more than the minimum pressure required to operate the engines...