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...special report was written by Associate Editor Burton Pines and researched by Ursula Nadasdy de Gallo. Pines, who taught European history at the University of Wisconsin and served as our Eastern Europe bureau chief from 1970 to 1971, also conceived the remarkable map that accompanies the story. Designed by Paul Pugliese, the head of our map department, and researched by Noel McCoy, the map shows the economic system, standard of living, and degree of political freedom in 134 countries. The result is a visual representation of the political phenomenon of our times...
...stories in the press. But in nearly four hours of face-to-face grilling, Miller convinced the Senators that there was no proof that Textron had in effect resorted to bribery, and still less that he as boss had condoned it. In a stinging rebuke to its own chairman, Wisconsin Democrat William Proxmire, the committee voted 14 to 1 (Proxmire casting the only dissenting vote) to approve Miller's confirmation. The full Senate then approved the nomination by a simple voice vote. As a result, Miller will swiftly be sworn in and will again testify before Congress this week...
Kaplan's respectable showing in the best pool of epee fencers qualified him for the national championships at Wisconsin next weekend. Two other Crimson fencers, Chipman and number-one foil fencer Gene Vastola, who finished 4-8, also qualified for the nations. Vastola squeaked his way into the nationals as the 12th and final foil qualifier...
...state board of higher education, which administers 13 colleges, has voted to divest itself of stock valued at $6 million. Tufts University has sold $200,000 of stock in Citicorp, a holding company that through its First National City Bank has made loans to South Africa. The University of Wisconsin has been advised by the state attorney general to sell $9 million worth of holdings in companies with South African subsidiaries, as well as stock in any firms with Saudi Arabian and Soviet connections. The reason: state law forbids any state agency to invest in companies that discriminate...
Several other colleges and universities, including Hampshire College, the University of Wisconsin, and Ohio State University, have already publicly announced that they will rid themselves of stock in companies that support the South Africa government. To these schools, the obvious repression and denial of human rights that characterize the minority rule in South Africa made their claims as institutions of freedom and learning hypocritical as long as they continued to hold the tainted stocks...