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Specifically, the department asked Federal Judge Oren R. Lewis to: 1) prohibit the State of Virginia from making public funds available to public schools anywhere in the state until Prince Edward County complies with the court order; 2) forbid the use of public funds for the maintenance of "private" schools in the county; and 3) force state and county officials to maintain a public-school system in Prince Edward. The suit, marking the first time the U.S. Government has sought to enter a desegregation case as a plaintiff, was a sharp reminder of the Kennedy Administration's determination...
...Council meeting last week, Phillips supporters defeated a motion to prohibit officers from holding positions of leadership or spokesmanship in partisan organizations...
...Student Council last night voted down a resolution to prohibit its President and vice-President from "holding office in, or acting as a spokesman for, any ideological or partisan organization...
...pointed out that American law does not prohibit a trial when the accused has been forcibly extradited. McCloskey raised his eyebrows in a deprecating gesture: "A good case, with foundations in American law, could be made to contradict that decision...
Such internal pressure inevitably produces occasional overenthusiasm on the part of salesmen. Tannymen drew so many complaints in New York that the state attorney general's office last summer persuaded the gyms to sign a fair practices code to prohibit methods of selling that are deceitful, fraudulent or misleading. The New York complaints have slowed to a trickle. Actually, many of the complaints against Tanny across the U.S. are caused by fatigue, not fraud. Many a newly won health and exercise bug gets drooping wings after a few weeks or months of working out. His enthusiasm gone, he wants...