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What is the relationship between inflation and Dutch elm disease in Chicago? Answer: none now, but there soon could be. Congress and the Ford Administration are sympathetically considering a variety of proposals for a massive increase-up to $6 billion-in federal spending to hire the unemployed for public-service posts and thus help offset the rise in joblessness that is sure to result from a determined campaign against inflation. A relative trickle of federal money already is going to cities and counties, enabling them to hire the unemployed for such jobs as library clerks, garbage collectors, paramedics, even zookeepers...
...keeping with University policy of fostering class spirit, most freshmen will live in Harvard Yard, the oldest part of the University. The ivy-covered buildings, lush green lawn and shady elms make the Yard an attractive place to start a four-year stint. People lounge on the grass, frisbees fly and dogs run loose, painting an idyllic picture of college for the newcomers. Enjoy the elms now. Many are suffering with Dutch elm disease and may have to be cut down. And don't worry about stepping in dog shit. There's amazingly little considering the number of dogs...
There is no known cure for Dutch elm disease...
...problem of the affliction has been serious for the past few years, McGuire said. "DDT was one of the best controls, and ever since its use was banned the disease has been rampant," she said. The disease is carried by the elm bark beetle, which DDT kills...
Buildings and Grounds will start planting the new oaks and locusts in the fall. "If the research on Dutch elm disease goes well," McGuire said, "we may be able to use elms again...