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...National League of Cities convened its 50th "congress of cities" in Houston last week. Some 1,500 mayors, city managers and councilmen told grim tales of how inflation and recession are combining to raise costs and erode tax bases. Even as they met, the administrators got a backdoor reminder of one of their bigger problems: increased militancy by public employees. Houston's bus drivers were on strike, demanding higher...
...innovation calls for three-year funding of economic and technical assistance programs. Congress has rejected long-term appropriations proposals in the past on the grounds that they would vest the Executive Branch with too much backdoor, discretionary power in doling out aid. This argument is likely to be heard again from a Congress determinedly asserting its foreign prerogatives. Even so, Nixon's proposal offers smoother organization and some long-needed overhauls in the kind and tone of American foreign...
...With the exception of the few times that Tufts picked up backdoor scores on us, we played pretty good defense." Harvey said after the game. "We're still sloppy on occasion, but at least everybody is now trying hard," he added...
...closed front door. To the Chicago Tribune, which he praised for its "accurate, fair and balanced account," Hanrahan gave "exclusive" photographs that the newspaper said showed a hole in the front door made by a 12-gauge shotgun slug, a bullet-riddled bathroom door and two holes in the backdoor jamb made by shots fired by Panthers inside the building...
...expected to receive support from Canada and Italy, whose envoys are currently negotiating diplomatic recognition of Red China. The U.S., as always, will lead the opposition. There are reports as well that East Germany is anxious for membership, and that East European nations will attempt a bit of backdoor maneuvering in order to gain U.N. status for Walter Ulbricht's regime. Neither Germany is now a member, although West Germany holds observer status...