Word: controls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Kennedy's fortunes burgeoned almost as rapidly. He bought a chain of 31 small New England movie houses, and by 1928 his maneuverings in show business brought him control of the Keith-Albee-Orpheum chain. He went to Hollywood, spent 32 furious months investing in the movies, and came away about $5 million richer...
Recent court rulings have held that a Massachusetts city cannot pass a rent control law unless it has such "enabling legislation" from the legislature. The legislature approved it for Boston, and several bills to allow any city in the state to pass rent control are currently before the legislation specifically for Cambridge, so that it would still be able to pass rent control even if the more general, state-wide enabling legislation did not pass...
...rent control law which the council wants permission to pass is that proposed by the Cambridge Housing Convention earlier this year. This bill-twice defeated by the City Council during the summer-would set rents at 1968 levels, allowing yearly increases of up to five per cent on the approval of a rent control board appointed by the City Manager...
Most of the debate at yesterday's meeting centered on the question of whether the council wanted the legislature's permission to pass only the Housing Convention bill, or wished more general permission to pass a rent control...
Prevented from confronting Administrative Vice-President L. Gard Wiggins. SDS then directed the sit-in against the wrong man; the Dean of the College has no control over University employment practices. Even had SDS demonstrated against the responsible office, they were acting while negotiations on the issues were in progress. SDS has refused to acknowledge the existence of these negotiations between the Administration and the union representing the painters...