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To prevent the disappearance of what he terms "an interesting carnivore," Smits has taken the lead in urging the creation of a timber wolf sanctuary on Isle Royale, a rugged, heavily wooded tract in Lake Superior, 48 miles from the northernmost Michigan mainland. Last week, in an attempt to put...
But other Latin Americans rallied to intercede for the zealot. From Guatemala, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and El Salvador flowed petitions and resolutions. Puerto Ricans in New York City formed a Save Collazo Committee, got 30,000 signatures on a clemency petition. From Puerto Rico came messages pointing out that the...
Guay was hanged 18 months ago. Scheduled for execution in October: Ruest's sister, Mrs. Marguerite Pitre, who carried the bomb to the airport and checked it on to the plane.
Aside from the fumbling execution, the original decision to let the Langlie amendment pass and instead to fight for the Louisiana seven was fantastic. The Langlie amendment was a serious blow to Taft's numerical strength, and might have been worth the risk of a roll call. But in...
"The President's order does not direct that a congressional policy be executed in a manner prescribed by Congress. It directs that a presidential policy be executed in a manner prescribed by the President. The preamble of the order itself, like that of many statutes, sets out reasons why...