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...Ambassador to Moscow. Brezhnev was delighted. The nominee was Thomas J. Watson Jr., 65, son of the founder of IBM and an innovator who took over the company in 1956 and turned it into the largest computer manufacturer in the world before retiring in 1974 as chairman of the board. What especially pleased Brezhnev and the Soviets about the Watson nomination is the fact that he is a successful businessman with an excellent knowledge of the problems of international trade. The Soviets dearly want to increase their trade with the U.S., and they hope that the new ambassador will help...
Watson was endorsed by Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. The two have been friends for years, and Vance was once a board member of IBM. Watson chaired the General Advisory Committee of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, a group composed of 15 prominent citizens. Under Watson, the committee met at least once a month and reported to both Vance and Carter...
...present 13% inflation rate can be tamed by gently slowing the economy. Its program is to: 1) cling to the tattered wage-price guidelines*; 2) hold the fiscal 1980 budget deficit to $29 billion, down from $32 billion in 1979; and 3) encourage the Federal Reserve Board to continue to keep a firm rein on the money supply. But most non-Government economists believe that inflation will be curbed only by the recession that they predict will begin this summer...
...bill instructs the city's Rent Control Board to consider "Cambridge's housing emergency" before granting any permits allowing renovations...
Pihl eventually returned to Harvard. He says he got the associate directorship of the Summer School partly because Harvard wanted continuity between the College and Summer School policies. Pihl, as a member of the College's Administrative Board, says he tries to provide this continuity...