Word: bostons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Massachusetts politics is far from rational and its followers are distant from altruism. Senate president John E. Powers, now running for mayor of Boston, threw his political savvy against Bill 1030. After all, he reasoned, "We can't possibly compete with heavily endowed and high tuition universities for teachers." The AFL-CIO accused the university of attempting to establish "its own distinctive caste system that sets up discriminatory classification system identifying [teachers] separately and distinctively from everyone else." Finally the Senate Ways and Means Committee delivered the crushing blow by coupling the faculty raise with a general hike...
...student body quickly rallied to support their professors and their president. An effigy bearing the sign, "John Powers--Traitor" went up in flames (an apology was filed the next day), and a group of students drove the 100 miles to Boston to picket the state capitol. Governor Furcolo filed a special message with the legislature on August 24 which forced reconsideration of the salary issue...
There have been other dead heats, of course. The Cardinals whipped the (then) Brooklyn Dodgers in 1946, and Cleveland dispatched Boston in a one-game A.L. playoff in 1948. But the only climax that seems likely to match this year's in sheer excitement was the 1951 thriller, when the (then) New York Giants beat the (then) Brooks, two games out of three. As you can see, the Dodgers can't seem to stay out of these post-season affairs. They've been in all three N.L. showdowns...
Wives of University students may join special obstetrical clinics, the University Health Services announced yesterday. The first clinic for expectant wives will be held this Thursday, 8-10 a.m., at the Out-Patient Department of the Boston Lying-In Hospital...
Charges will appear on the students' term bills. However, only wives of registered degree candidates and married female students can qualify for the University program. Dr. Ruby Jackson, a senior obstetrician at the Boston Lying-In, will oversee the clinic...