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Sensing that the time was ripe for action in the Bay State last winter, Oteri assumed responsibility for directing NORML's lobbying efforts on Beacon Hill. The decriminalization issue had benefited from a recent Oteri test case on cocaine. In a Roxbury Court last fall, Judge Elwood McKinney ruled that cocaine prohibition in its present form was unconstitutional. According to some observes, the cocaine controversy has drawn attention away from decriminalization, giving both politicians and drug-oriented interest groups more room in which to maneuver...

Author: By Joseph L. Contreras and Marc H. Meyer, S | Title: The Greening of Massachusetts | 4/29/1977 | See Source »

...careful because you can blow a hangar off the ground. Another thing, you've got 350 tons of momentum when you're taxiing, and you don't go cowboying around. But once it's airborne, it's an absolutely superb flying machine." Former FAA Administrator Elwood R. ("Pete") Quesada insists that "the 747 is the safest and most reliable air transportation yet designed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Constant Quest for Safety | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

...Hiring. The euphoria has not abated. Some Sikorsky workers, sure of their jobs for the next decade, have gone on spending sprees. Says Precision Grinder Elwood Worcester, 44: "I bought my wife a new car for Christmas, a $6,200 Chevrolet. We are going to Europe this summer; because now I can spend some of my savings and put it back later, I don't have to worry." For some junior executives, the UTTAS contract means instant advancement. Ken Rosen, 36, was propulsion manager for UTTAS; now he is engineering manager for the whole program. "UTTAS certainly advanced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JOBS: A Tale of Two Cities | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

...Judge Elwood S. McKinney '38, who said last month he wanted to try cocaine in order to determine for himself whether the substance is harmful, said in a decision delivered yesterday that the drug is less harmful than cigarettes or alcohol...

Author: By Steven Schorr, | Title: Judge Voids Cocaine Laws | 12/11/1976 | See Source »

...Judge Elwood S. McKenny '38, who said last week that he would sample cocaine before he hands down a ruling in a cocaine possession case, has changed his mind about trying the drug...

Author: By Betsy Gershun, | Title: Cocaine | 11/6/1976 | See Source »

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