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...suffered in this region. Polaroid, a major employer in the city, has in recent months laid off 350 workers and granted 1100 others early retirement. A typical small firm, Cybermation Inc., is struggling to survive after declaring bankruptcy. Even the unemployment office recently laid off four employees. Says City Councilor Walter Sullivan, "I've got people calling me every day looking for jobs, but there just aren't any around...
...city councilors, many of whom represent areas particularly hard hit by unemployment, have voiced dissatisfaction with the employment plans proposed by these essentially white collar firms. One such program submitted recently to the council by one of the DNA firms was rejected outright by several councilors as inadequate. "We need to control what kind of industries come into the city." says Councilor David Sullivan. "I'm not suggesting that we bring in a steel plant, but we could have a technology manufacturing plant that makes for example, computer chips...
...Councilor David W. Sullivan said yesterday that when he questioned Bok about the possibility of increasing the University's in lieu-of-tax payments to the city. Bok refused to discuss the subject. As an academic institution, Harvard pays no property taxes on its dormitories, classroom buildings, libraries and laboratories. The University annually gives the city a donation as a substitute, but the in-lieu-of-tax payment is substantially less than the value of the property...
...Councilor Francis Duehay '55 described the committee as a specific mechanism to consider specific projects," such as the use of University recreational facilities by city children...
...group of protestors, led by Saundra Graham, now a Cambridge City Councilor, seized the stage to interrupt the first joint Harvard-Radcliffe commencement and voice their discontent over Harvard's housing policies. Anderson recalls that he turned off the microphones as soon as he realized what was happening, but it took an off-state negotiating session to continue on schedule Anderson adds that on that "unpleasant and uncivilized day." President Nathan M. Pusey '28 was forced to abridge one portion of the Commencement, granting all of the University's degrees with, a single presentation, rather than by school...