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...over, a party wheelhorse at the Governor's victory party gloomed: "My God, now we really will have to produce!" At any rate, the Hughes administration will no longer be able to blame the state's ills on lethargic Republican majorities in Trenton. Its first, most ticklish task will be to find broadbased sources of revenue to finance the state's accumulated needs. New Jersey is almost unique in levying neither income nor retail sales taxes. One or the other, Hughes said throughout his campaign, will be the price of progress...
That such ticklish themes as Viet Nam and integration are now the lyrical concern of the impressionable young has caused alarm in some quarters. Attempts to impose a blanket ban on Eve of Destruction have failed, but on grounds of taste many radio stations have decided on their own not to play it. Says Los Angeles' Disk Jockey Bob Eubanks: "How do you think the enemy will feel with a tune like that No. 1 in America?" Some rock jockeys play it safe by allotting equal air time to The Dawn of Correction, an "answer song" intoned...
Most important of all to him and to his nation, a marked majority of his countrymen support his Viet Nam policies. Says a Roanoke, Va., hardware salesman: "It's ticklish and explosive, and he's handling it smart." An Indianapolis school principal says, "He's right in Viet Nam; the strongest nation must act like the strongest." Says a La Mirada, Calif., housewife, "That war's been forced on us, but he's been right...
When a preliminary meeting got under way last week, only 31 of 64 invited countries were present. The dilemma for all the delegates was just what attitude to take toward Boumedienne's regime. Where was it headed? Would it last? It was a particularly ticklish quandary for Arab states that called Ben Bella khoya (brother), as well as for African nations who remember him as a supporter of every liberation movement on the continent...
...hasten an investigation, the Pentagon taps General Dana Andrews who arrives with an anxious look and a portfolio full of top-brass clichés. His comely daughter (Anne Francis), as Bug's resident bunny, does what she can to assist former U.S. Intelligence Officer George Maharis, whose ticklish assignment is to save the world. Before Maharis can track down the crazed millionaire behind the bacilli scare, Florida has been decimated by botulinus. Maharis endures sundry perils prior to a climactic wrestling match in a helicopter high above Los Angeles, and the bulk of mankind survives to enjoy movies...