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...crime of murder is shocking in its impact on the public. So is the execution of the death penalty. Capital punishment also involves long periods of unhealthy sensationalism and emotionalism in trying a person for his life. It is something the public should not be required to endure just because there are still people who state that capital punishment is a deterrent, though they have no proof...
...Breakthrough. Australian workers not only do not strike as often, but they are, by common consent, working harder than ever before, and in the past five years productivity has increased 5% annually. In part, this reflects the impact of the New Australians, who now make up 20% of the labor force, and who, in their anxiety to build new lives, have flocked to the tough jobs in the steel, automotive and transport industries. But the Old Australian hustles more, too, and sees his own stake in prosperity...
...Harold D. Cooley of North Carolina said that the committee "has never had so many distinguished witnesses before it at any one time." Seated shoulder to shoulder at the witness table were seven U.S. state Governors, all Democrats, gathered in Washington to protest the plight of farmers under the impact of a price decline that shrank agricultural income by 16% last year...
...Chevrolet's Corvair, though not making the impact of the Falcon, appears to have found a new market all its own. In January and February last year Chevrolet's sales totaled 230,000 cars; this year it has sold 267,000 cars, but only 35,000 of them were Corvairs. Thus, the regular Chevy is selling at about the same rate as last year, while the Corvair, accounting for 13% of the division's sales, is all extra business...
Under the impact of the sudden influx of cash, the Hong Kong market has surged upward in the past three months, now averages a $1,000,000-a-day turnover, more than three times the preboom volume...