Word: prohibition
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...squeeze out several million dollars a year in additional revenue by making their real estate assessments, now generally unrealistic, conform to true values. The 17 states that still have no income tax have an obvious source of added funds. In 15 states, changes could be made in constitutions that prohibit local communities from investing their idle cash, an archaism that costs them as much as $100 million a year in lost interest. And, of course, there are less conventional sources of cash: New Hampshire pans more than $2,500,000 a year from its sweepstakes...
...Simple Information." Last week the Senate Commerce Committee had nearly completed its study of a "truth-in-packaging" bill that would 1) require "simple, direct, accurate and visible information" on each container about the product's nature and quantity, 2) prohibit use of "deceptively shaped boxes, misleading pictures, confusing or meaningless adjectives, inappropriate size or quantity markings," 3) outlaw promotional devices "that promise nonexistent savings," and 4) institute "reasonable and appropriate weight standards to facilitate comparative shopping." Though pigeonholed since 1963, the bill is given a good chance of passage in an election year...
Miss Bieberman repeatedly points out to her readers that the new federal law, the Drug Abuse Control Amendments of 1965, does not prohibit the possession of any drug for one's personal use. The law, she says, merely restricts the manufacture and distribution of certain drugs. She offers her readers a Xeroxed copy of the DACA for a dollar, and urges them to buy the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act from Washington...
...noted that present University regulation prohibit any undergraduate from examining the records of another undergraduate, thus -- barring an amendment -- making it impossible for seniors to act as effective advisors...
Despite its convolutions, or rather because of them (they prohibit extreme speeds), Sebring has never been considered a particularly dangerous course. Nobody had been killed there in seven years-until last week. On the fourth lap, Robert McLean, a Ford dealer from Vancouver, B.C., was gearing down for the hairpin when his Canadian-owned Ford GT 40 careened into a phone pole and burst into flames. McLean died in the fire, but worse was to come. On the 200th lap, Pennsylvania's Mario Andretti tried to downshift his non-factory Ferrari from fourth to third, slammed the lever into...