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1997Year Anti-tobacco forces, seeking to reverse recent surge in teen-age smoking, are pushing for sharp rises in state and Federal cigarette taxes
politicians from both parties are rushing to add names to popular bill sponsored by Sens Orrin Hatch and Edward M Kennedy to nearly triple Federal excise tax; map; table (L) Anti-Tobacco Groups Push for Higher Cigarette Taxes
1960Year LONDON, Oct. 12 -- A group of Africans complained here today that the Monckton Commission's proposals for constitutional reform in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland fell short of African demands for scrapping the federal association. AFRICANS ATTACK MONCKTON REPORT
Politicians From Nyasaland and Rhodesias Call Reform Proposals Inadequate
1927Year In charge of annual outing of N Y C Bd of Aldermen at Whitestone Landing ALDERMEN HOLD ANNUAL OUTING
Politicians From the Five Boroughs at Clam Bake at Whitestone Landing. McGUINNESS IN CHARGE Staten Island Team Wins Ball Game and Edward Vaczy the Fat Man's Race.
1974Year W Ger Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's Soc Dem party and coalition partner Free Dems win narrow victory in state legis elections in Lower Saxony
politicians had agreed during campaign that victory for coalition would show that Schmidt's take-over from Willy Brandt had halted recent trend of Soc Dems losses in local elections in Hamburg and elsewhere; Christian Dems win 48.3% of registered votes, while Soc Dems receive less than 44% of the vote, loss of 2.5% over '70 elections (M) TOP BONN PARTIES WIN A STATE VOTE
1930Year Japan divided on reception of proposal for abolition of battleships M'DONALD SUGGESTION WELCOMED IN JAPAN
Politicians Hail Proposal to Abolish Battleships--Naval Officers Less Enthusiastic.
2000Year Child-centered issues and politicking are now at center stage in presidential race, with candidates sometimes behaving as if they are auditioning for role of Santa Claus
politicians have always kissed babies, but it was Bill Clinton who built whole re-election campaign around children and empathy for working parents; photos of master at work (M) The Nation: The Children's Hour; Hugging and Kissing Your Way Into the White House