Word: splits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rank-and-file workers, especially in the ethnic neighborhoods of the North, are deserting the Democrats for the Wallace cause. Many Northern Democratic Congressmen are planning to instruct these voters how to split their tickets on Nov. 5 so that they can support Wallace without forgetting to pull levers for local Democrats. In the South, numerous conservative Democrats are openly allied with Wallace. Others are deserting to the G.O.P. Last week six cronies of Georgia's Senator Herman Talmadge, including State Comptroller General James Bentley, renounced their Democratic credentials and joined the Republicans. There is speculation in Atlanta that...
...presidential crime commission offered a partial solution to overworked police forces: Split up the policeman's job three different ways. Under this plan, a "community service officer," often a youth from the ghetto, would perform minor investigative chores, rescue cats, and keep in touch with combustible young people. A police officer, one step higher, would control traffic, hold back crowds at parades, and investigate more serious crimes. A police agent, the best-trained, best-educated man on the ladder, would patrol high-crime areas, respond to delicate racial situations, and take care of tense confrontations...
...split over prime rates amounts to a replay of a 1967 battle between the same two banks. In January of that year, Chase cut its prime rate by a full ½% (to 5½%) and firmly held its ground despite outraged cries from other bankers and a counterpunch by Citibank, which reduced its rate only ¼%. Still, almost everybody finally fell in line with Chase-a victory that earned the bank considerable prestige for sound and shrewd judgment. As to why other banks failed to follow the lead again last week, Chase Vice President and Economist William Butler says: "They...
...Northeastern's 4.7-mile course last Saturday. In comparison, Harvard victor Royce Shaw was the only runner to better that mark in Wednesday's race. Friar captain Dave Crooke also has the ability to challenge for the lead, and a strong flock of underclassmen could split up the Crimson scoring punch...
...courses actually have a tenuous hold on life. They were renewed, and for one year only, by a rare split vote of the Committee on General Education last winter. Edward T. Wilcox, director of General Education, says that house courses will be reviewed again this year, and probably brought before the full Faculty sometime next spring...