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...Social Democratic and Labor Party. The S.D.L.P. had been boycotting political talks with William Whitelaw, Britain's proconsul in Ulster, until he released the remaining 541 people held without trial under the detention law. But last week the party urged Catholics to resume their participation in local civic bodies and cooperate with the Whitelaw administration. "It is time," said the S.D.L.P., "for gestures of generosity from all sides, including the men of violence...
...canny management is matched by its aggressive marketing. For example, it uses its Holidex reservation system to find out which areas produce the most bookings, then directs its heaviest advertising to them. Each motel manager is expected to make at least five sales calls a week, visiting local civic and fraternal clubs to hymn the benefits of using his inn for meetings. Some managers cull newspapers for engagement announcements, and send bracelets and other gifts to prospective brides, along with a pitch to honeymoon at Holiday Inns...
These five Councillors endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Association promised in their campaigns that one of their first acts upon reaching office would be to remove incumbent City Manager John H. Corcoran, who has appointed notably mediocre people to fill important vacancies in various City departments. Corcoran's record on such issues as school construction and housing clearly indicates that he does not have the imagination or initiative required to work with the Council in launching much-needed reforms in Cambridge...
...vote on reconsideration failed by a margin of 5-4, the same margin that the motion had failed by on Thursday. As on the original motion, Councillor Henry F. Owens III--one of the Cambridge Civic Association-endorsed majority--voted with the four Council conservatives to insure its defeat...
...Rochester, N.Y., Times-Union were honored for their coverage of the Attica prison revolt; they were the first to report that police bullets rather than prisoners' knives had killed the guards being held hostage. A four-member Boston Globe team won for an exposé of deep civic corruption in Somerville, Mass...