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Forty workers died and more than 100 others were injured when they were caught by air strikes as they attempted to repair huge bomb craters in the Dacca airport runway. India declared a temporary moratorium on air strikes late last week so that the runway could be repaired and 400 U.N. relief personnel and other foreigners could be flown out. It was repaired, but the Pakistanis changed their mind and refused to allow the U.N.'s evacuation aircraft to land at Dacca, leaving U.N. personnel trapped as potential hostages. The International Red Cross declared Dacca's Intercontinental Hotel and nearby...
...part of the price for peace, ITT also agreed to make no more major acquisitions in the U.S., an apparently crippling moratorium for a company that has relied heavily on mergers for its remarkable record of increased earnings for 49 consecutive quarters. But Geneen, a wily, English born accountant, had calculated the odds. In return for the U.S. companies that are on the block, ITT will get some $600 million. It will pump much of this into Europe. Thus, by restricting ITT in the U.S., the trustbusters helped to provide the company with both the funds and the incentive...
...attorneys discovered the alleged violation while challenging section 20, another provision of the new law. They contend that section 20 requires a 90-day moratorium on all inductions until December...
...list of six demands was prepared by the students. They called for an end to military recruiting on campus. cessation of defense research, and a day-long moratorium on classes for a teach-in. The students also demanded revocation of an October court injunction preventing disruption of military recruiting at B.C.. an open meeting of the B.C. board of directors, and amnesty for all participants in the occupation...
...suit alleges that all induction orders are invalid because of a provision in the new Selective Service Act requiring a 90 day moratorium on inductions following Presidential signing. President Nixon signed the law September 28. The suit contends, therefore, that inductions can't legally begin until December...