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...BILL PASSED the House by a narrow majority, and its fate in the Senate is at best uncertain. Russell B. Long (D-La.), chairman of the finance committee, which will soon begin hearings on the bill, has opposed similar legislation in the past. He argues that poor people should find work of any kind before receiving governmental assistance. But in a time of high unemployment--especially among minorities, women and teenagers--Long's objection is impractical...
...facilities. Some committee members at first interpreted the open door policy for freshmen as public relations for the spring House lottery. "There is some degree of attractiveness to inviting freshmen. It would provide a great drawing card for the lottery," commented Thomas A. Dingman, assistant dean of Harvard and chairman of the committee. Two weeks ago, Horner told the committee that maybe freshmen could have unrestricted access to the gym, and maybe not. However last week, for consistency's sake, the group opted to partially close the doors to freshmen as well as to River House residents...
...Boston or any police force can't be on every street corner all the time, so the people have to be vigilant," Ken Wade, chairman of the African Liberation Support Committee, told the 75 persons attending the panel discussion in Science Center...
...have problems catching costs but we are now more flexible and can better respond to the market." The real test of that will come next year, when air travel is expected to drop as the recession begins to bite deeper. "The jury is still out," says Edwin Colodny, chairman of USAir (formerly Allegheny). "There will be no full answer on deregulation until the industry has gone through a full economic cycle, up and down...
...another rickety one-state airline, linking six Florida cities with half a dozen planes. Today it is an aggressive regional carrier that serves 23 cities, including Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York, with a fleet of jets. This fiscal year it turned its first real profit: $2.4 million. Says Chairman C. Edward Acker: "Without deregulation we'd still be tiny. It has given us the ability to move fast into markets...