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...Minnesota's Clark MacGregor, 48, an able, articulate campaigner, faces a long uphill battle to thwart Hubert Humphrey's return to the Senate. They are competing for the seat Eugene McCarthy abandoned. Both have minor primary opposition...
...projects, so the tired argument runs, would hurt the neighborhood and overload its schools. Washington has long avoided making a direct challenge to such local rules. But last week the Nixon Administration asked Congress to prohibit local governments from using their power to control land use in ways that thwart construction of federally subsidized housing for low-or moderate-income families. The legislation would hit suburbs hard, because it would apply only to "underdeveloped or predominantly undeveloped" areas-that is, wealthier areas...
...most U.S. cities, vandals rip off dials, bash in faceplates, amputate receivers and show promise of elevating phone-booth burglary to a fine art. Now Ma Bell has turned to a new "hands free" phone that may help thwart vandals. Placed in Manhattan at Pennsylvania and Grand Central stations and one outdoor location, the new models have already surprised-and disconcerted-thousands of callers...
...gone on what amounts to a nationwide slowdown. Official exhortations to work harder and decrees threatening malingerers with fines and prison terms simply have not worked. Rather than buckle under to the wishes of the Soviet-backed regime by increasing production, an astonishing number of Czechoslovaks have chosen to thwart the government, even if it brings discomfort upon themselves...
Graham, who researched U.S., German and Vatican archives for his material, says that the Pope was vaguely aware of what was happening. To thwart the Germans, Pius depended on the loyalty of those around him rather than on counterespionage. As Weizsacker noted, those close to the Pope kept their secrets "in a manner most scrupulous, because they are bound by the faith." As a result, the Germans learned little of consequence. Another reason for the failure of Nazi espionage may well have been Teutonic overkill. No fewer than five separate Nazi agencies had spies in Rome. Much of the information...