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...Ackerman's observation that many of the people for whom the law was passed don't even know about it is a telling one. Most of the people who are vocal in their views about rent control are the ones who have the least to lose. Much of the increase in Cambridge rents over the past ten years is due to the increased housing demand from students and adults just over student age. Many of these people, who come to live in Cambridge for short periods, can afford to pay higher rents, and so the landlord demands more, displacing long...
...This is a fitting conclusion to the meet," Toby Gerhart mused while finishing his Big Mac. Meanwhile, Al "The Barrel" Ackerman was ordering three double cheeseburgers, three shakes, and three apple pies...
Died. Carl W. Ackerman, 80, newsman and longtime (1931-56) dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. As a reporter, Ackerman had his share of scoops, notably the first substantial account in 1918 of the execution of Russia's Czar Nicholas II and family. But Ackerman's greatest contribution was at Columbia, where he transformed an undistinguished school into a premier training ground for his profession. Journalism's best-known figures (among them, Walter Lippmann, Alexander Woollcott and Douglas Southall Freeman) came to lecture; working newsmen were brought...
...think the merchants feel that things have gone too far one way. They want the balance readjusted. I hope the leaders of the young community will come forward and work with us." He and Sheldon Cohen, owner of the out-of-townNews Agency, began working with City Councilor Barbara Ackerman as the merchants' liaison with the street community. Their early plans included a possible Halfway House for the kids who would no longer be allowed to sleep in the Square or make a living panhandling...
...been named the merchants' spokesman, and he is a concerned and thoughtful liberal. He says, "I think we can clean up the Square without arresting people or beating them up." Zavelle and Sheldon Cohen, owner of the Out-of-Town News Agency, will work with City Councillor Barbara Ackerman to try to arrange laiason between the business community and the street community. They have plans for a Halfway House, where kids who can no longer panhandle or sleep in the Square could go and learn a trade, or partake in some other rehabilitative acivity. Cohen believes that such a halfway...