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Last fall when the legislature overrode Governor King's veto of a law imposing a deposit on beverage bottles and cans, opponents secured the signatures needed to place the issue on the ballot. A majority of "no" votes on Question 4 will repeal the law, which otherwise will take effect, as scheduled, on January...
...requires that a refundable deposit be paid for certain beverage containers sold in Massachusetts...
...this year, 35 banks have failed, more than twice the post-World War II peak of 16 failures in 1976. William Isaac, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., told the A.B.A. gathering that the number of institutions on his agency's watch list of shaky banks had jumped to some 320, from 220 in January. While asserting that most of the banking system is still strong, both Isaac and C.T. Conover...
Question 4 would uphold the legislature's decision earlier this year to impose a deposit on beverage containers. Voters should ignore the ridiculous industry-sponsored ads claiming that the measure, by forcing stores to maintain a collection of dirty bottles, will strengthen the Commonwealth population. (Stores have been using pesticides to kill bugs for years, without harmful side effects.) Citizens should instead note the tremendous success that similar laws in other states have had, in decreasing litter and saving energy...
...dilemma is that the man got himself too deeply involved in a financial tangle that only desperate measures could hope to resolve. DeLorean set up an intricate network of corporations worldwide, often using capital invested in one to benefit another, He owned property in several states, had a safe deposit box in a Caribbean bank and routed at least $18 million through an unregistered corporation based in Switzerland. Several key business associates concerned with DeLorean's handling of business affairs quit...