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Great Britain did away with the death penalty in murder cases in November 1965. Almost by reflex, advocates of capital punishment then argued that without the deterrence of executions, the number of killings would soar. For those who judge by headlines, it looked for a while as if the critics might be right. British papers seemed to overflow with stories about THREE POLICEMEN SHOT DEAD and TWO LITTLE GIRLS MURDERED...
...some progress has been made: Bulova is now selling watches in 89 countries, compared with 19 in 1961. Even so, the U.S. remains its most promising market. During the current June graduation season, Bulova expects to capture as much as 30% of gift watch sales, which could soar to $100 million...
...increased by 5.2% on the heels of a 9.3% increase in 1965. In Massachusetts, which has the highest rate of any state, a 10/20/5 liability policy* now costs an average $130 v. $93 ten years ago; for a Boston motorist who wants 50/100/5 coverage, the premium can soar above $600. Even in sparsely populated Wyoming, a similar policy can run as high...
...Indeed, Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler admitted to Congress last week that falling corporate tax revenues and climbing Pentagon spending will push this year's deficit to $11 billion, or $1.3 billion more than the Administration forecast only four months ago. Fowler also predicted that the red ink might soar to an inflationary $24 billion in election year 1968 if war costs continue to escalate or if Congress fails to raise taxes. Accordingly, Fowler asked for a $29 billion boost in the U.S. debt limit-to a record $365 billion...
Having piloted Voshkod 1 in 1964, Cosmonaut Komarov was the first Russian to soar into space twice. According to Western experts who tracked Soyuz and monitored its messages, he spent the early hours of his flight routinely checking out the systems of his 15,000-lb. to 16,000-lb. ship, which was slightly larger than the 12,000-lb. Apollo. But by the cosmonaut's fifth revolution around the earth, they believe, increasing difficulties with both the attitude-control and communications systems warned ground controllers that the flight of Soyuz might have to be prematurely ended. Plans...