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Though Volpe managed to get the General Court to pass a sales tax, providing the Commonwealth with much needed additional revenue, the tax measure is virtually his only legislative achievement for the last two years. And the blame for this record cannot be placed on a contumacious legislature; Volpe had few proposals to present...
There were many exceptional descriptions and analysis of the Dartmouth game, but the Big Green Football News had the winner: "It was Judgement Day for the Indians in the stronghold of the Commonwealth, and the sentences passed on the Big Green were harsh. Running ten straight in Ivy League action, Coach Bob Blackman's Tribe was charged with disturbing the peace Saturday and lost to Harvard, 19-14. The judging was difficult of course in the courthouse of nearly 40,000 and the decisions, whether snap or researched, must stand. Some villagers were restless...
...unfounded allegation [Oct. 14] that I "recently got around the traditional Orthodox opposition to birth control by ruling that . . . women are free to use contraceptive devices" must appear strangely inconsistent with your statement only seven weeks ago [Aug. 26] in announcing my nomination as Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth: "An expert on medical ethics, he frowns on contraception, points to the low birth rale among Jews, and fears that Judaism may some day vanish entirely." Both statements are wide of the mark and grossly misleading, written without consulting me or carefully reading my writings on the subject. In fact...
...Morris James, deputy undersecretay of the Commonwealth Office, is now in Salisbury to present these terms to the Smith government. If they are rejected, Wilson will have to make good on his promise to carry the matter...
...bathtub on the cover of their album and all you've heard are stories about LSD arrests. There are four of them and they flew in from the Virgin Islands last spring with two enormous hits and a totally original sound. You walk back stage at the Commonwealth Armory expecting to find a completely flipped-out bunch, four curiosities who happen to sing nice songs...