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Question: if nonsmokers are making inroads at such traditional temples of haze, as sports arenas and casinos, where can the addicted smoker feel safe? Answer: practically nowhere. About 30 states now have some kind of law barring smoking in public places. Emboldened by HEW Secretary Joseph Califano's celebrated campaign against the weed, the antismoking lobby is now pushing for further restrictions. In California, a broad initiative proposed by the Clean Indoor Air Committee will be on the ballot this fall. One of its aims is to prohibit smoking in all work places except private offices...
...Further, HEW Secretary Joseph Califano announced some administrative measures designed to put a lid on medical inflation. Example: within 30 days, HEW will order that Medicare payments for twelve common lab tests be limited to the lowest charges widely available in a community, rather than average charges; the expectation is that high-cost hospitals will lower their charges rather than lose Medicare patients...
...unfortunate that The Crimson's articles should deflect attention from the more important issue: quotas in elected office. The Convention officers claim the reserved seats are in accordance with Department of HEW guidelines, yet HEW guidelines would also allow special representation for handicapped and older people, both of which are present at Harvard-Radcliffe. It is our belief, however, that Harvard-Radcliffe is not only divided along racial lines and that other groups deserve affirmative action: Jewish students were asked to register for classes on a holy day a year ago, science concentrators would be required to take extra courses...
...anywhere from 15% to 40% to the construction and operating costs of a coal-fired plant. Yet no matter how much money is spent, a study by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare warns, burning coal on the scale that Carter contemplates will make the air dirtier. HEW officials think the danger can be kept to a minimum by strict adherence to federal clean-air, safety and waste-disposal standards, but concern persists-with reason. Reacting to it, Washington is virtually certain to require all coal-burning plants, even those that burn low-sulfur Western coal, to install "scrubbers...
...Bailey said, "Education has paid the price for not having cabinet-level backing." He added, "In the HEW the 'H' and the 'W' have it all over...