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...attributed the unusually large number of returnees to the current increase in draft calls. Many students who were on leaves have come back to school supposedly to protect their draft-exempt status, he said...
...sought to have the TWA suit dismissed, charging that the lending institutions which now control TWA's finances were guilty of "self-dealing." In a supporting affidavit, Hughes argued that the Hughes Tool Co. actions of which TWA complains were approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board and hence exempt from the antitrust laws-"even if they were applicable...
...stunning gesture of good will, the New York Times has decided to exempt Boston from its imminent price increase for outlying areas to 50c on Sundays. No one at the Times yesterday was able to explain why Boston (and, in this case, Washington) enjoys Mother Times favor; the only comment from the Times was, "I assure you, no politics was involved...
...then, inevitably, the word got out that President Kennedy was behind the whole U.S. effort. He had also assured the fund-raising committee that contributions toward Caterpillars for Castro would be tax-exempt-even though the particular sort of bulldozer-equipped tractor that Castro was demanding is well suited for work on jet airstrips and missile-launching sites. The secret out, President Kennedy admitted that he had indeed given sanction to the deal. But, he said, indicating that he himself would contribute to the fund, he had acted more in a private than in an official capacity. He gave...
...state and city authorities are sworn to uphold federal as well as local law. And since In Re Neagle (1890)-in which the Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction of a deputy marshal who killed a man while guarding a federal judge-U.S. Government officers have been held exempt from local law whenever the violation of a statute is necessary to carry out federal orders...