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...arrogant rule, President Georges Pompidou's Gaullists seemed visibly chastened by the surge of the Socialist-Communist opposition in the first-round voting. When the results showed the Gaullists and their allies trailing in the popular vote tally by an expected but still humiliating eight percentage points, government spokesmen began sounding unaccustomed notes of understanding and humility. "The vote of the French is like a warning shot," said Alain Peyrefitte, leader of the Gaullist U.D.R. party, shortly before this week's balloting. "We will know how to interpret their wishes...
Wisely. American Legion spokesmen who appeared before congressional committees were equally concerned with proposed cuts in medical funds. Legion Commander Joe L. Matthews pointed out that the daily patient load for VA hospitals is to be cut by 5,500 patients to 80,000. Other veterans' spokesmen argued that medical facilities are already inadequate...
...William Fulbright and Edward Kennedy. Shortly before their appearance, the hostages, including one man with a serious heart condition, had been told that they were free to go. All were unharmed and remained-apparently by choice-in Wounded Knee. The two Senators then met at length with AIM spokesmen to discuss grievances...
...including the 5.5% guideline for average pay raises. In the same press conference, Dunlop said that he fully agreed with a statement by COLC's labor-management advisory committee that "no single standard of wage settlements can be formally applicable at one time" to every union. White House spokesmen later emphasized the hold-the-line phraseology-but AFL-CIO President George Meany happily opined that "the chances of getting settlements higher than 5.5% today are much better." How about Dunlop's statement that 5.5% was still the standard? Said Meany: "I do not think he believes that...
Lester Grinspoon, associate clinical professor of Psychiatry, and Carl Salzman, assistant professor of Psychiatry in the Medical School, joined spokesmen from a variety of religious, medical and political organizations in attacking what they called popular myths about marijuana...