Word: belt
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Leading opponents of the Inner Belt yesterday attempted to change M.I.T.'s position on the eight-lane highway...
...Inner Belt's opponents were unable to budge Killian. According to reliable sources, Killian was skeptical about the number of jobs the Portland- Albany route would take--its supporters have said it would take only 2300 jobs, the same number that the Brookline Elm would claim, and displace 150 families as opposed to the Brookline...
...first time that the Belt's opponents had met directly with Killian, and, although neither side persuaded the other to shift its position, the discussion was described as "friendly." Several of the anti-Belt leaders stayed for lunch with both Killian and M.I.T.'s new president, Howard Johnson...
...meeting came at a critical juncture for the Inner Belt's opponents. Last week, Gov. John A. Volpe announced that the state would thoroughly review its previous recommendation of the Brookline-Elm St. route. But M.I.T.'s position is now considered a key factor in whether the state will reverse its position and recommend Portland-Albany...
While leaders of the academic world watched Howard W. Johnson take over the reins of M.I.T., a small group of students and local residents picketed outside Rockwell Cage asking a change in M.I.T.'s position on the Inner Belt highway...