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Through the Committee Opposed to the State Takeover of the Electric Industry, local power companies raised thousands of dollars to defeat a proposal to create a public power authority in Massachusetts. Cambridge Electric generated only $14,000; Boston Edison and Massachusetts Electric gave $179,000 and $195,000 respectively...
...Federal spending. Businessmen are concerned about Carter's apparent plan to juice up the economy by cutting taxes and other pump-priming measures next year. "He faces a terrible temptation to heat things up," says Thomas Ayers, the chairman of Chicago's Commonwealth Edison. "I hope he chooses a moderate course." Declares Norman Robertson, senior vice president and chief economist of Pittsburgh's Mellon Bank: "If he should try to adopt the Humphrey-Hawkins bill [which calls for heavy spending on public-service employment] or something like it, trying to reach a predetermined level of unemployment...
...bottle bill spent a total of $1.2 million this fall. Of that, Coca-Cola contributed $140,000, Pepsi Cola $100,000, and Anheuser-Busch, Joseph Schlitz and Miller breweries all gave more than $50,000 each. Of the $585,000 spent to defeat the public power authority proposal, Boston Edison contributed $179,000 and Massachusetts Electric gave...
...want to make any more Things. Even a Hush-a-Bye Hot Air Rocking Chair, with all its crumpeted and cushioned comforts, can take months to complete, demand the services of 15 artisans and put his 200-year-old blacksmith's forge on 24-hour duty. The antic Edison of Wild Goose Cottage plans to paint and draw lithographs, wallpaper, cartoons and other whatsits that may yet make Emettiana an American household word. Mary, his loving wife and canny business brains of 35 years, concurs. Emett will nonetheless retain his wry, sly urge to celebrate and spoof humanity...
Besides Indian-related courses, 214 other subjects are offered, some of which lead to Associate of Arts or Applied Science degrees. Twenty-two students from last year's graduating class have gone on from the two-year Navajo school to four-year colleges or universities. Edison Hatathli, 18, president of the student body, was a high school dropout. "When I came here, I was lost," he says. "Now I want to study art at Berkeley and then return to serve my people." Other students can get certificates in vocational studies that include auto mechanics, nursing and drafting...