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...Haynsworth, Jr., and has flatly rejected as character assassination the conflict of interest charges Democrats have leveled against the Supreme Court nominee. His efforts have produced one notable success so far: he was responsible for the resignation of Major General Carl Turner as Chief U.S. Marshal before the recent Army scandal broke involving kickbacks and payoffs in the operation of NCO clubs...
...will not encourage U.S. private investment where it is not wanted or where local political conditions face it with unwarranted risks," Nixon said. "But my own strong belief is that properly motivated private enterprise has a vital role to play." Nixon plainly had in mind Bolivia's recent nationalization of the U.S.-owned Bolivian Gulf Oil Co. and Peru's seizure last year of the International Petroleum Co. -both so far without compensation. The President said nothing about the use of such punitive weapons as the Hickenlooper Amendment, which provides for suspension of aid in case of nationalization...
...unwritten parliamentary rules that minimize the influence of small parties, he is entitled to hold the floor for only about an hour per year. From the viewpoint of President Georges Pompidou, Rocard's election may even prove a blessing. Four former Gaullist Ministers have won by-elections in recent weeks and will be around to complain whenever Pompidou proposes any changes in the general's policies. Had Couve gained a seat in Parliament as well, he undoubtedly would have assumed leadership of De Gaulle's loyalist wing and shaped it into a strong opposition force...
National Union (KANU) nor Odinga's Kenya People's Union (KPU) were organized along strictly tribal lines. One of KANU's brightest stars, for example, was Tom Mboya, the brilliant young Minister for Economic Planning-and a Luo. In recent years, however, both party memberships have become increasingly polarized. Mboya's assassination last July widened the rift. A Kikuyu was found guilty of Mboya's murder, and ugly rumors persist that high-ranking KANU leaders instigated the slaying. At Mboya's funeral, Kenyatta's car was stoned. Fearful of further Luo unrest...
...Tufts administration has supported Afro's demands for 20 per cent employment of minority-group members in recent negotiations with the construction firm. At present, only four of the 108-man work force are black, and only two are Puerto Ricans...