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Relief Pets. Anger over Harlem's housing took concrete shape last fall, in rabble-rousing Jesse Gray's "rent strike." All told, Gray claimed that 4,500 tenants from 325 buildings refused to pay their rent because their landlords had failed to rout the rats, drain the swampy basements and plug the holes in the walls and ceilings. Mayor Wagner lent his support by ordering a new drive against "slumlords," but the Buildings Department, with a backlog of 250,000 complaints, is still snowed under...
With a little foreknowledge, this need not be. Nearly all the better things at the fair are free, and those that are not cost little. Actually, the biggest money drain is the high cost of drinks. In Switzerland the gutters are full of kirsch, but at the Swiss chalet a petit shot costs $1.25. Cocktails and highballs are rare at $1, more common...
...gold has eased the West's acute gold shortage and helped stabilize the free market price of gold at very near the official U.S. price of $35 per ounce. The Soviet gold has not only eased the pressure on the dollar but has also alleviated much of the drain on U.S. gold reserves, since European bankers are now able to bolster their holdings with Soviet gold. Chiefly because of the Russian sales, the U.S. partially replenished its own reserves by buying $300 million in gold from the London pool last year...
...stay pulled, until next month at least, when Udall will study the newest spring water runoff figures. If he decides that Hoover still needs additional power, and if private groups cannot take on the job, the Upper Basin gates will stay open and Glen Canyon will go down the drain...
Whatever thy import drain...