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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Abel and Cooper separately, told each that he wanted "a decent and responsible settlement." Said Abel: "We too have a responsibility-to our membership." At week's end, the President named Oregon's Senator Wayne Morse and Under Secretary of Commerce LeRoy Collins as special mediators to seek a last-minute settlement...
...discussion than to paralyze it in pursuit of a futile principle. "We are faced with a simple and inescapable fact of life," explained Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg in his maiden speech in the U.N. "The consensus of the membership is that the Assembly should proceed normally. We will not seek to frustrate that consensus...
...Prime Minister promised to seek an early vote of confidence, but at week's end he was still reshuffling his Cabinet in an attempt to gain more support in the 300-member Parliament; most counts put him still short of a majority. His selection ignited violent riots in Athens, as Papandreou's fanatic supporters, chanting "Out with the King," fought helmeted police in scores of bloody pitched battles, burned dozens of cars, and tore up paving stones as ammunition. With Athens in a frenzy, Papandreou hopped off to the boondocks to let the people there know about what...
...willing to help" in the economic integration of Latin America. (This week in Buenos Aires, the Inter-American Development Bank will launch an economic integration study unit−its first branch office in Latin America.) As for sagging commodity prices, Johnson promised to strengthen the international coffee agreement and seek ways to stabilize the cocoa market. That very afternoon, he added, he would ask Congress to eliminate the 1?-per-lb. sugar-import fee−which would guarantee Latinos another $40 million a year in sugar revenues...
...annually, and wage earners who make at least $550 monthly will face an annual tab of $277 instead of $174. Increased spending also creates problems for state and local governments, which in most cases must provide some funds in order to receive federal grants, and therefore will need to seek new sources of revenue. The Economicare principle, however, is that what is fed in is multiplied before it comes...