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State police sealed off Grafton, Ill., at the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, when most of the town was deluged. Downstream, the Mississippi boiled along at a rate of 13.5 million gallons per second, enough to fill all of New York City's daily water needs in a minute and a half...
Since 1955, the number of patients in Massachusetts state mental hospitals has dropped 50 per cent. Mental institutions are being phased down throughout the state; one--Grafton State Hospital near Worcester--is even closing down. This progress has only been achieved because communities in the state, such as the Cambridge-Somerville and Harbor Areas, have begun to offer alternatives to neglect or institutionalization for people who need psychiatric help
Leaders emphasized the flexible nature of the groups. "Study groups can explore any topic," Michael Grafton '71 said. "The whole nature of my group is as nebulous as it sounds," Sandy Bonder '72 explained, referring to his group entitled "Toward Despecialization at Harvard...
...meeting will be chaired by Michael W. Grafton '71. Other members of the New College '71, David J. Montzingo '71, John M. Lewis, Junior Fellow in English, and Rev. Richard E. Mumma, former Presbyterian chaplain of the United Ministry of Harvard and Radcliffe...
While he was trying to decide, Calkins talked with James Grafton Rogers of the State Department. Rogers told Calkins to get away from New York and Washington. They were not the best places for upwardly mobile young lawyers, Rogers said. Instead, Rogers offered Calkins some advice modeled on his own experience. The real secret, Rogers said, was to move out to some Midwestern state, become a local celebrity, and eventually return in glory to Washington...