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...pardon protesters outside a hotel in Pittsburgh, where he addressed a conference on urban transportation. They waved signs bearing such taunts as THE COUNTRY WON'T STAND FOR IT?a mockery of Ford's declaration about a pardon for Nixon, which Ford made during the Senate hearings to confirm him as Vice President. In an otherwise pleasant outing to help dedicate a World Golf Hall of Fame in Pinehurst, N.C., Ford faced more banners: IS NIXON ABOVE THE LAW? and JAIL CROOKS, NOT RESISTERS...
Edward T. Sullivan, chairman of SEIU local 254, would neither confirm nor deny yesterday that the union asked for 10 per cent raises...
...each be disseminated to the public before the committee begins to hammer out its final recommendations this fall. Strauch strongly emphasizes that while he and most others on the committee have preferences, they are no where near any group resolutions. Discussions with other members of the committee tend to confirm this. However, it also appears that at least a plurality of the 16 members tentatively favors a solution to the admissions question that many undergraduates have long opposed--a gradual increase in the overall size of the college to bring in more women. The problems of building a new undergraduate...
...Clarence Anderson case spotlighted the process of "internal investigation" carried out by police. Department investigators recorded testimony from police officers and witnesses to the Anderson incident and stored the tapes in the office of the police planner. Police confirmed later that a person entered the office on August 21 without authorization and apparently listened to the tapes. The Boston Globe reported last month, however, that tape interviews with eight policemen were stolen. The police would neither confirm or deny that story...
...Horner's psychological data seem much more strongly to confirm the hypothesis not that women are afraid to succeed, but that they are afraid to fail. And this alternative theory is borne out by the melange of statistics published in recent years by the OGCP and the Office of Women's Education--an office established by Horner and under her ultimate jurisdiction--concerning the career goals of women undergraduates. These figures suggest women are no less anxious about "making it" in their chosen fields than are their male counterparts...