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...that he may lose his post as party chief in the next few weeks. If he retains power, he risks more Catholic civil rights demonstrations unless he pushes for reforms, and action on those reforms almost certainly would bring extremist Protestant rioters to the streets. Continuing unrest might well spur British intervention, which in turn would produce a violent response from a goodly number of Northern Ireland's 1,500,000 people. Indeed, the Marquess of Hamilton, a Unionist who sits in London's House of Commons, may not have been overstating the case when he warned...
...dispute seemed hardly a sum to spur debate in the Senate, which routinely approves multimillion-dollar measures. What prompted Senate Majority Whip Ted Kennedy to lead a successful floor battle against the cut in a minor committee's budget last week was the conviction that something much bigger was at stake...
...vigorous industry objections. But similar bills have been introduced this year, including one co-sponsored by 34 members of the House. The Nixon Administration has yet to take a stand on the issue. Whatever its decision, it is evident that much of U.S. industry needs some sort of spur-economic, moral or legislative-to overcome its lethargy toward the physical dangers Americans face in the course of earning a living. The goal of improving individual safety is beyond dispute. Every month that the acrimonious debate drags on over how best to reach it, another 1,100 U.S. workers will...
Greater Pressure. While U.S. officials insist that offer of the planes does not constitute a major change in policy, the move seems certain to increase U.S. pressure on the warring sides for a peaceful settlement. It will also be a spur to other nations to contribute more relief and reduce arms shipments to Nigeria and Biafra. The new U.S. initiative is based on the projection that, if mass famine is to be averted, Biafra should be receiving 40,000 to 50,000 tons of food a month. Only an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 tons now reach the territory...
...million OAO program, which in the next three years is scheduled to launch three more observatories. Since April 1966, when a $69 million OAO went dead in orbit be fore it could return any useful information, NASA scientists have been aware that another failure might well spur Congress into cutting off the program's remaining funds...