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...House allows more than 20 students "off." To be eligible, students usually have to fall into one of the following categories: financially incapable of paying for room and board, a Junior (who will be a Senior the following year), 23 years of age or older, mentally or physically unfit for dormitory life, or in need of more space for special scholastic projects. But permission is not always granted even to students who can legitimately qualify under these conditions...
...Pictures. Arriving a day ahead of the hurriedly assembled Vietnamese delegation, Johnson grumbled a bit about the weather being unfit for swimming-though McNamara braved the surf anyway. Instead, the President held a protracted council of war with General Westmoreland, whom he had met only once before and was anxious to size up further. Johnson's approving verdict: "He's got a military mind and a social worker's heart...
...other." For good measure, the judges also found unconstitutional an Alabama law barring women from juries. And in a separate ruling by Federal Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr., Lowndes County was ordered to desegregate its school system within two years, close 24 one-teacher Negro schools as unfit, and institute remedial programs to "eliminate the effects of past discrimination...
...placards and march. As I read the grim reminder of Bataan and the death march, I couldn't help comparing those soldiers with our protest marchers, many of whom would be wasting a match to burn their draft cards, because they would be either physically or mentally unfit to serve in the armed forces. We who are mothers of young sons should add this article to their required reading lists...
David Ben-Gurion, 79, has been of two minds about Levi Eshkol, 70. First, he named him heir to Israel and the Mapai Party. Then, two years later, he proclaimed Eshkol "unfit to govern," and announced that he would challenge him at the polls. Last week, in Israel's national elections, Ben-Gurion turned out to be right the first time-when he let Eshkol become Premier...