Word: musts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gerhard Gesell. I applaud his decision declaring Washington, D.C.'s abortion laws [Nov. 21] unconstitutional. I sincerely hope that the U.S. Supreme Court will agree with his decision and not get hung up on the questionable rights of the fetus. The rights of an individual female human being must come first. A woman should have the right to make decisions about her body whether the decision is in regard to the contents of her womb, the teeth in her head, or any organs of her body. As if the basic human rights involved are not enough to justify striking...
...must correct the erroneous impression that "a single shot through the highly pressurized skin of a jetliner could cause a plane to explode in flight" [Nov. 21]. It is doubtful if a man could physically carry enough small arms ammunition on board to cause the aircraft to "explode." Each bullet hole would cause the pressurization system to pump more air into the cabin. The noise level would certainly increase, but it would take literally hundreds of bullet holes to exceed the capacity of the system...
...redundancy of the systems preclude catastrophic failure as a result of small arms fire. Our reluctance to resist stems from the vulnerability of the pilots. We, not the aircraft, are the weak link in the resistance chain. We do not advocate a "shootout at 30,000 ft.," but we must encourage rational resistance to epidemic air piracy...
...There is a hunger and malnutrition emergency in this country today," resolved the conference. "Therefore, the President must immediately declare that a national hunger emergency exists and, under existing authority, must now free funds and implement programs to feed all hungry Americans this winter." After sounding that clarion for the immediate future, the conference went on to insist that "the overriding remedy for hunger and malnutrition is a minimum guaranteed adequate cash income with a floor of $5,500 annually (for a family of four).1' The delegates also called for expansion and reform of existing food programs...
...Stokely] Carmichael can't fill all them camps. They must be planning on taking somebody else...