Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The railroad has petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to retire the train, and meanwhile is trying to persuade the Amtrak system to assume its operation. That of course could mean substitution of all-coach subway cars and sandwich bars for first-class sleeping cars and gently swaying restaurants...
The surrounding county, too, is concerned about holding down growth. Says Walden Toevs, chairman of the Boulder County commission: "We would like to avoid becoming an Orange County [Calif.], where every inch of space has been developed and where the orange groves that gave it the name are gone."
...sales tax that would raise $3 million per year to fund the purchase of nearby farming and grazing lands. The move aroused spirited opposition. Farmers who feared being dispossessed and individuals concerned about rising housing costs argued that the new legislation would give too much power to the county commissioners, interfere with the right of towns to expand, and add to already excessive taxation. In the end, they won; the proposal was defeated 23,419 to 15,761. So there are limits to the limiting of growth after...
At that moment, an army officer with soldiers burst into Santo Domingo's electoral commission headquarters and declared: "This is now over! Get out!" Technicians broadcasting the results were ordered to cut their signals; radios and television sets throughout the country went dead. As word spread of the army...
Eleanor Holmes Norton, H.H.D., Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission