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George Wald, Higgins Professor of Biology and 1967 winner of the Nobel prize in Medicine, voiced his disapproval of the "ransom" which educated persons must pay the Soviet government in order to emigrate. He was one of 21 Nobel Laureates to urge the repeal of the Soviet Head Tax in an advertisement in the October 1 edition of The New York Times...
...Repeal the depletion allowances of 22% for oil and gas and lesser amounts for other minerals...
There is little chance that the government will repeal the hated VAT or grant another of the strikers' demands -government restraints on the expansion of chain stores. What the store owners gained is the memory of two glorious days in which they proved that they too can revolt. But in the long run, many of Belgium's shopkeepers, like those of other nations, will probably be replaced by larger retailers...
...having second thoughts. Istanbul's influential daily Hürriyet has protested that "we feel sorry for American heroin addicts, but it is unjust to put the burden on the Turkish economy." With elections looming next year, Premier Ferit Melen's opposition has introduced two bills that would repeal the poppy phaseout. The vote, worried U.S. officials say, "could go either...
That turned out to be only partly true. McGovern dutifully voted the labor line much of the time, but he flunked one crucial test. He voted against cutting off a filibuster that was preventing a vote on repeal of the right-to-work provision of the Taft-Hartley Act-a sacred matter with labor. He subsequently cast many other votes that were considered antilabor. To Meany, he was an ingrate. He made no notable effort to conciliate the labor chieftain. Typically, he said that since he had made a mistake on right-to-work, Meany should confess that...