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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Trains. Visionary Stardust glittered from many of the President's other proposals. He wants a modest $20 million to study the possibility of a highspeed (200 m.p.h.) train between Washington and New York, and he will seek federal authority to control industrial air and water pollution. Both measures will probably pass easily. But he will find it harder to get funds to set up his suggested National Foundation for the Arts-if he really tries it. Congress' traditional distaste for spending tax money on culture cuts across liberal-conservative or even party lines...
Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman advised the U.N. that in the event of "more intensive Indonesian attacks" Malaysia "would immediately seek United Nations assistance." At home, he called for preparations for "retaliatory action." British officers are restrained on the subject of "hot pursuit" of Indonesian marauders back into Indonesia. They would seriously strike Indonesia only if it actually bombed Malaysia or launched a massive invasion. What the British really expect is more of the same sort of hit-and-run harassment. But they have beefed up their guard, as one Whitehall official put it, in case "Sukarno goes...
...FreeMasonic" vehicle for a "Moscow-directed campaign" by Franco's government, as a passel of "lunatics" by Peking Radio. But the invective merely convinces Secretary-General Seán MacBride that he occupies a challenging job. "Invariably our views displease the governments who practice injustice or seek to weaken the rule of law," says MacBride, 60, a former Irish revolutionary whose own love of justice blossomed in many a British jail...
Many people in Roxbury, Kahn stressed, don't seek medical help until an emergency arises, such as a broken arm or leg. They see the nearby Boston City Hospital as inefficient and cold, and moreover, have little money to spend on medical care...
...objectivist John Galt Circle created itself Sunday by ratifying a constitution described as "rather weird" by a founding member. Nevertheless Howard C. Hood '65, chairman of the club, said that his group is now ready to seek University recognition...