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...BOSTON'S fashionable Beacon Hill, in front of the home of Her Majesty's consul, a half-dozen old men and a young woman, all from Southie, walk in a circle twelve feet wide, carrying signs. 'Elize Brit--Queen of Death.' It's a terrifically hot afternoon, and there are frequent stops so the marchers can rest in the shade. But they've been there since midnight; they'll stay till midnight comes again...
DIED. John Knight, 86, tough, acerbic newspaperman who, as the founder and longtime editor of the Knight-Ridder group, led its expansion into one of the largest newspaper chains in the country; of a heart attack; in Akron. A former sportswriter and managing editor at the Akron Beacon Journal, Knight inherited the paper from his father in 1933 and used it as a base to build a thriving publishing empire that today includes four television stations and 34 daily newspapers with a combined weekly circulation of 25 million (among them: the Detroit Free Press, the Miami Herald, the Charlotte Observer...
...massive tax cuts stemming from Proposition 2 1/2, their protests are getting louder, A bill filed with the state legislature this year sought to end exemptions for universities from the property tax; though it was given little chance of passage, it was enough to draw President Bok to Beacon Hill, where he argued forcefully that taxes would force the closing of dozens of private universities and send tuitions skyrocketing. He added that the University would probably not increase its in-lieu payments, even though Proposition 2 1/2 will save it thousands of dollars in taxes on its commercial property, Instead...
...there seems no way that the city can avoid dramatic cuts, unless the state government massively increases aid to local cities and towns. A flurry of requests and special bills seeking relief has gone to Beacon Hill, where the pleas await the decision of the Democratic leadership and King...
...public service was the beacon of the University's patent policy, it was clearly not the incentive that had originally attracted Harvard to the Ptashne case. Despite this discrepancy, the administration first introduced the Faculty to the DNA company proposal in a nine-page, single-spaced discussion memo prepared by Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, and entitled, "Technology Transfer at Harvard University." Beginning with some talk of technology transfer in general, the memo equated the process with the specific Ptashne venture. Ending with a list of pros and cons concerning the proposal, the memo reinforced a widespread...