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...students answered a plea that the Rev. Charles P. Price, Preacher to the University, made on Easter Sunday. He relayed a call from the Rev. Harvey Cox, Boston organizer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference...
Last week the Merrell Co. was on trial with three of its former executives and parent Richardson-Merrell Inc. on twelve counts of supplying FDA with "false, fictious and fraudulent" data. After first pleading not guilty, the companies and the executives switched their pleas to nolo contendere (no contest) on eight counts. After Federal Judge Matthew M. McGuire made sure that each defendant understood that the new plea was "tantamount to a plea of guilty," the Justice Department dropped the four remaining counts. It is now up to Judge McGuire to fix the sentences. For the companies, fines could total...
Splits & Subsidies. The U.S. and its allies came to Geneva disunited and unprepared, but there are also splits among the havenots. The former French African colonies, whose tropical products enjoy preferential treatment in the Common Market, are not about to endorse the Latin Americans' plea for similar treatment. Brazil proposed a radical program of subsidies and supports, but many realistic Latin American delegates are unwilling to press so hard. The Asians squabbled with the Africans, and the Iraqis with the Indians...
...most dependable lieutenants, has the best chance of becoming Deputy Prime Minister. He is an honest, inoffensive politician with the smallest number of political enemies. Nehru will probably cling to the title of Prime Minister, but it was Shastri whom he summoned after his illness with the plea: "Please help me. You will have to carry on my work...
...week's end, with their grapefruit-league schedule well under way, the hustling Yankees had four wins in eight games, were showing only flashes of midseason form. Manager Berra was copping his first plea. "Just in case we lose a few and you guys want to know why," he grumped, "we ain't playing to win down here...