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...office in the Pentagon's guarded E ring, began negotiating for a truce. Harper was back in the Pentagon the next day, too, and he and McNamara also spoke several times by telephone. At 8:35 p.m. on Wednesday, Harper phoned McNamara from Pittsburgh to surrender: Alcoa would cancel its price boosts. Lest the company change its mind overnight, McNamara called in newsmen for a 9:45 conference, acting so quickly that he had no time either to shave off his 5 o'clock shadow or don the blue shirt he always wears...
Though the Democratic leadership tried gamely to defend Weaver's gaffe, Harvey's motion to cancel rent funds passed by 185 votes to 162. Twenty-five House members who had backed the bill last summer now voted to kill...
Vellucci said he had been interviewed by the Yale Daily News after he proposed last week that the Council ask Harvard to cancel all athletic contests with Yale...
...vital that every aid project have a specific objective, and that we see progress toward that objective or abandon the program. The objective must be reasonable, obtainable and in keeping with our resources. More funds should not be granted until past authorizations are spent, or better still, Congress should cancel all past authorizations and re-examine aid to regain control over distributions...
...handling, insurance. One estimate is that the $1.5 billion worth of steel on hand before the settlement was costing users $20 million a month to carry in inventory. Many warehousers may continue ordering steel just to be safe, but take advantage of a steel industry practice: the right to cancel an order without penalty right up to the time the mills actually start executing it. Automakers, who absorb 12% of the nation's steel output, plan to work down their 80-to 90-day stockpiles slowly, thus lessening the economic impact; General Motors will take six months to return...