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...should effectively mute one of the principal laments about the draft: that it keeps many young men on tenterhooks until they are 26. Doing away with most graduate deferments will all but eliminate graduate schools as a draft haven. But Johnson sidestepped for the time being unquestionably the thorniest problem of all-whether deferments should be continued for college students. Recognizing the political explosiveness of any proposal to do away with college deferments, Johnson shrewdly left it to Congress to debate the issue. "I will then," said L.B.J.'s message, "take that presidential action which I believe will best...
...thorniest points of specific controversy is the commission's "Single Bullet Theory"-the belief that one bullet from Oswald's rifle struck Kennedy in the neck, exited through his throat, then plowed on through Governor Connally's torso, smashed his right wrist and finally lodged in his left thigh...
...well known to American audiences from its recordings, this was the orchestra's first visit to the U.S. As debuts go, it was a grueling test. Ansermet (pronounced ahn-ser-may) led his 115-member ensemble through a symphonic obstacle course, accepting the challenge of some of the thorniest works of Stravinsky, Bartok, Prokofiev and Berg. As if that were not enough, Ansermet then jetted to Manhattan to conduct five equally demanding works with the New York Philharmonic last week as part of its month-long Stravinsky festival...
...bought off eight more Deputies at the cost of Cabinet posts," snapped George Papandreou. In fact, if any buying of votes had been done, it was done by George Papandreou himself during his 15 months as Premier-and therein lies the essence of one of his successor's thorniest problems. Solidifying the popularity he had won throueh his oratory, Papandreou boosted minimum salaries of teachers and civil servants by 12%, increased social security benefits to workers and -in a land where 51% of the electorate lives on the farm-raised farm subsidies from $40 million...
...thorniest item, however, is one that is not in the Senate bill-a House-approved ban of the poll tax for state and local elections in Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia and Texas. Although such a ban was strongly urged by Teddy and Bobby Kennedy, the Senate rejected it. Under pressure from House liberals, Brooklyn Democrat Emanuel Celler, floor manager for the bill, supported the ban, though it caused him some embarrassment. Back in 1961, Celler opposed eliminating the poll tax by statute, proposed doing so by constitutional amendment instead. Last week Louisiana Democrat Joe D. Waggonner Jr. suggested that Celler...