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...A.M.A. activities in order to determine whether they violate laws on political activities by corporations. The IRS also has for some time been trying to decide whether the A.M.A.'s activities should cost it its tax-exempt status, and the Postal Service is reviewing the A.M.A.'s second-class mailing privileges (along with those of other organizations). But the revelations have yet to force any visible changes in the organization's policies. Sammons remains firmly in charge and, despite growing disenchantment among younger physicians and an anticipated decline in membership, the A.M.A.'s opposition...
Cyprus has a long history of conflict between the Greek majority and Turkish minority who inhabit it. Too of ten in recent times, the Turks have been second-class citizens. But under the rule of Archbishop Makarios, a reasonable if at times precarious modus vivendi had been achieved, and an independent Cyprus was prospering. Then a year ago, the junta of Greek colonels who governed Athens and whom the U.S. supported fomented a coup on Cyprus. It was led by 650 Greek military officers commanding the 10,000-man Cypriot national guard. The Turks, suspecting that the intent...
...become stunningly expensive to send a magazine or newspaper through the U.S. mails. After a series of rate increases calculated to make each class of mail pay for itself, publications today pay about 100% more for their second-class postage than they did in 1971. By next year, if current Postal Service schedules hold, the increase could mount...
...even huger increase on top of all the others. His announced formula, which touched off alarm bells throughout the world of print journalism last week, is to cut first-class rates from a dime to 8½? and make up for the lost income in part by raising second-class rates yet another 122%. Added to increases already in effect or planned, Wenner's scheme would boost second-class rates to five times what they were in 1971. Furthermore, there is the likelihood of still another 33% increase 100 days after the Wenner proposal is resolved...
...would not contemplate nationalization of our rail system, because throughout the world where this has been done the result has been a reduction from a premier and highly regarded effort to second-class service. Nationalization is also too expensive...