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Dates: during 1960-1969
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High on the list of reforms sought by many gun-control advocates is a system of dual registration, similar to the one for autos. The driver is licensed, and his vehicle is registered separately. The same principle could apply to guns ?licensing for the owner, registration for each of his firearms. It would be a nuisance, to be sure, but, given the destructive power of guns, it would hardly be an outrageous imposition in an industrial society that demands registration of cars, businesses, private planes, dogs and marriages, as well as prescriptions for many mild drugs. Even the Bedouins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE GUN UNDER FIRE | 6/21/1968 | See Source »

...greatest damage was caused by President Thieu's gradual consolidation of power: without consultation, he fired Premier Nguyen Van Loc, a Ky man, and installed Tran Van Huong, whom the Vice President opposed. Police Chief Loan was replaced by a Thieu backer, and Thieu made similar switches to his own advantage in 14 province-chief posts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: The Creation of Uncle Nguyen | 6/21/1968 | See Source »

Some skeptics suggest that BHT merely prevents mice from dying of other diseases, but Harman is "99% certain" that it actually retards aging. Persuasive evidence, he says, is the fact that he got almost identical results from another chemical-a derivative of quinoline-whose only significant similarity to BHT is its antioxidant properties. Harman doubts that his findings can be applied to humans any time soon; for one thing, the chemicals must still be carefully tested on other animals. Yet he is convinced that the addition of similar chemicals to man's diet may eventually be "an acceptable, practical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biochemistry: The Elixir-of-Youth Effect | 6/21/1968 | See Source »

...satisfactory to conservatives of the Roman Curia, Konig argued, the pronouncement was "most unwise pastorally and apostolically," and it would "do the church much damage." Such other European liberals as Belgium's Leo Josef Cardinal Suenens and Munich's Julius Cardinal Dopfner reportedly telephoned Pope Paul with similar objections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Birth Control: Pronouncement Withdrawn | 6/21/1968 | See Source »

...seem to hear the whistle. Stock exchanges and the over-the-counter market took a one-day holiday to let brokerage houses attack a mountain of paperwork that has swamped clerical staffs. The shutdown was the first of three consecutive Wednesday closings to be followed by a similar non-trading day on Friday, July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street: The Paperwork Predicament | 6/21/1968 | See Source »

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