Word: commissioner
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Nonetheless, he needs to repair his relations with feminist activists, who are unhappy over the resignation of Midge Costanza from the White House staff and the firing of Bella Abzug from a presidential advisory commission. So Carter turned out White House womanpower in full force: Lady Bird Johnson took the...
The twelve-member commission selected by Jimmy Carter is headed by Dartmouth College President John Kemeny, an eminent mathematician and nuclear expert, and has as members a balance of leaders from the sciences, politics, labor and academe. Nuclear power proponents had hoped that an unbiased investigation would find the Three...
Instead, the commission urged the President to prevent the start of construction or operation of any new plants in those states that have not completed satisfactory plans for dealing with a nuclear accident. Only 14 states have emergency plans that have been approved by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The private power company, Cleveland Electric Illuminating (CEI), has as many reasons to buy Municipal Light (Muny) as the city has to hold on to it. (Muny made a profit of more than $200,000 last year while charging customers seven per cent less than CEI. CEI resents this competition...
With the merger committee apparently out of commission, Ernest R. May, professor of History and Dean of the College, tried once more to prod the Faculty toward resolving the merger issue in the winter of '69-'70. He opened the floor of the Faculty meeting in February to debate on...