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...Command announced yesterday it launched the heaviest aerial bombing attacks on North Vietnam in three months over the weekend. Word of the raids, called "protective reaction strikes," was withheld until Tuesday, a spokesman said, "mostly for security reasons...
...states to produce solid land-use plans. Those without them would lose an increasing percentage of their federal funds for airports and highways each year. But the proposal sent to Congress last week had no such teeth. The incentive was stricken because the funds that would have been withheld have gone into a revenue-sharing plan for transportation, a no-strings proposition...
...undergraduates withheld the first $100 of the tuition increase in the September term bill, there could be $600.000 in an escrow bank account yielding $15.000 interest by April 1, 1972. The interest could be spent on scholarships, day care, a free university, etc. The purpose of the escrow account is similar to rent or war tax withholding where due money is held in a bank until the dispute is bargained over or arbitrated. The person withholding his or her money is protected against normal reprisals for non-payment for services rendered. A court case may arise to protect students...
...than is commonly realized. Soviet agents had infiltrated most departments of government. Tito had been goaded into an ill-advised farm collectivization program that caused near-revolt among the peasants. The Russians had talked the Yugoslavs into setting up joint stock companies that clearly favored the Soviets, but persistently withheld the help toward industrialization that Tito expected in return...
...injured woman, who asked that her name be withheld, was taken to Stillman Infirmary and x-rayed immediately. No broken bones were found, although she said that the doctor had found a separation of undetermined origin in the lower part of her spine. The lower part of her back was severely sprained...