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...figures, which cover the period up to October 21, follow a trend that began in the mid-1970s and saw war chests--particularly those of liberal progressives backed by the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA)--climb past the $10,000 mark. A city councilor's salary in the current municipal budget...
...similar protest before the Cambridge City Council last night got embroiled in politics. The resolution, which supported O'Neill in condemning the invasion as "an act of war not sanctioned by Congress," was proposed by Councilors Saundra Graham and David E. Sullivan, both members of the liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) faction on the council...
...civic enthusiasm may be premature. The nuclear plant, under construction since 1972 and now 97% completed, may not begin operating for three more years, if it ever does. Its long and sometimes tumultuous development has been marked by runaway costs, faulty construction, mismanagement by the utilities that own it, and inadequate supervision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Earlier this month the three owners-Cincinnati Gas & Electric, Dayton Power & Light, and Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric-began to consider their options. Among them was the sobering possibility of abandoning the project. Such a move would turn Zimmer into nuclear America...
...money." So last week when the troubled First National Bank of Midland was about to collapse under the burden of energy loans gone sour, the community staged a pep rally to stem a run on its deposits. About a thousand citizens gathered in Midland's Civic Center, many of them wearing lapel stickers that proclaimed I'M CONFIDENT. Oilman John Redfern Jr. told the crowd, "I hope you'll rake around, find some dough and put it in the bank tomorrow...
...King, it raises the most serious objections to his work: isn't this man capable of something more than this? Certainly Buckley can be charming, analytical, brilliant; certainly he can consider something more than limo conversions or the history of his family estate. After a while, you question the civic sobriety of a Bill Buckley discussing the housing problems of New York bag ladies after whining on about his family estate going condo...