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...Bingham Report (named after Lawyer Thomas Bingham, appointed to head the investigation 16 months ago by Foreign Secretary David Owen) discloses that the oil sanctions began earnestly enough in the first weeks of furor just after Salisbury, resisting Britain's plans for black majority rule, declared its independence on Nov. 11, 1965. Within days, Parliament enacted the Southern Rhodesia Act, reaffirming Crown rule and authorizing the government to impose a variety of sanctions on the rebel colony. On Dec. 17, 1965, an executive order outlawed the shipment of petroleum and petroleum products to Rhodesia...
News gradually reached Britain that oil was still flowing into Rhodesia, and hopes for the success of sanctions gave way to dismay. As Lord Thomson (then Commonwealth Secretary and chairman of an informal Cabinet committee charged with handling the Rhodesia problem) told the Bingham inquiry, "We came increasingly to the conclusion that we couldn't bring the Rhodesian government to an end by sanctions unless we were prepared to apply them to South Africa. We were under no circumstances willing to do that. The best we could make of a bad job was to be in a position...
...from a federal magistrate only if an employer demands it. Further, the court released OSHA from having to show probable cause, as in criminal searches, to get the warrant. Indeed, OSHA need not even suspect safety or health violations to request a warrant. Said OSHA'S chief, Eula Bingham: "It all depends on what the employers do. If most comply, there will be no problems. If they are not forthcoming, we will serve warrants automatically." She added that the ruling would increase paper work and bureaucratic procedures, hardly a heartening prospect for apostles of less government and less...
...Thursday's game left no room for controversy. Redman righty Steve Bingham kept the Crimson at bay by firing a three-hitter to key St. John's 8-0 triumph. The Harvard batsmen, for their part, blew open a close 2-0 game by booting the ball around and giving up six runs--five unearned--in the seventh and eight innings...
...Starter Ron Stewart pitched adequately, but he failed to get the necessary support at the plate. Bingham fanned with Stenhouse on second and two down in the fourth. Stenhouse K'd with two on and two out in the sixth...