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...know how this would assist Cambridge with its substantial college holdings," Crane said, nothing that 52 per cent of all land in Cambridge is owned by hospitals or institutions of higher learning. Harvard is the principal tax-exempt landowner in Cambridge...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Crane Seeks Funds for Cities With Tax-Exempt Landowners | 10/3/1978 | See Source »

Crane said the legislation he plans to introduce is based on a law passed in Connecticut last year. That law stipulates that the state must give communities with tax-exempt institutions 25 per cent of what the city would receive if those institutions were taxed at normal rates...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Crane Seeks Funds for Cities With Tax-Exempt Landowners | 10/3/1978 | See Source »

...controversial contract was approved by Gov. Michael S. Dukakis on June 30, the last day of the state's fiscal year. The agreement guarantees the UMass faculty a 20-per-cent pay hike over the next three years--the first salary raise that faculty has had in five years...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: UMass Faculty Cancels Classes In Protest of Latest Contract | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

...remains illegally occupied, but they have taken no steps to enforce these prohibitions against their own companies. And thus, with the U.S. leading the pack, the five Western powers who attempted to act as a go-between for SWAPO and South Africa continue to account for practically 100 per cent of the foreign investment in the land...

Author: By Jonathan D. Ratner, | Title: Namibia: A Trust Betrayed | 9/27/1978 | See Source »

...such as copper, silver, lead and diamonds. U.S.-owned mining operations alone account for more than 40 percent of the foreign investment in the territory. In the past three years, the West had embarked on a campaign to exploit Namibia's uranium resources, which represent an estimated five per cent of the total world supply. Overall, the rate of exploitation of Namibia's mineral wealth has accelerated in recent years, leading many Namibian nationalists to charge that the multinationals, uncertain of what the political future holds for them, are mortgaging the economic stability of a free Namibia by attempting...

Author: By Jonathan D. Ratner, | Title: Namibia: A Trust Betrayed | 9/27/1978 | See Source »

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