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...keep Hartford Fire Insurance Co. despite the Administration's initial, loudly voiced opposition to conglomerate mergers. ITT did agree in 1971 to sell off some lesser firms, but it has still not disposed of its 52% interest in Avis, Inc.; last week the Justice Department moved to appoint a trustee to force divestiture of the car-rental firm...
...Watergate rather than conceal it. That runs counter to their prevailing advice as expressed in published White House tape transcripts. Sirica is expected to reveal this week what he intends to do about the claim of Nixon's lawyers that he is too ill to testify. Sirica can appoint other doctors to examine the former President...
Ford paid relatively less attention to his Council on Wage and Price Stability, which will monitor increases in those crucial areas. The council has no enforcement powers, but Ford did appoint as executive director a strong advocate of Washington jawboning. He is Albert E. Rees, a Princeton economist and a Democrat. Rees shares Ford's adamant stand against imposing mandatory wage and price controls...
...There was never any question of whether we'd appoint someone from Afro," Leonard said. "The only question was who we would appoint." Leonard also imitated that the administration may make some additions to the advisory group, but at his Tuesday press conference Bok said any new advisory appointments must be initiated from the current board...
...treatment of Guinier in this matter would seem to bear proof of Guinier's claim that the administration continues to treat the Afro Department as a "second-class citizen." It is inconceivable that Bok would fail to appoint any History Department members to the board of a new Harvard history institute, but that is exactly the approach he has taken to Afro in dealing with DuBois. If Bok could not find his way to appoint Guinier, there is no excuse for his decision to overlook all of the department's junior faculty while making up his list of advisory board...