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...last-ditch alternative to impeachment, some Republican Representatives, with concurrence of Gerald Ford, proposed that the House censure the President. In lieu of impeachment, the motion would merely chastise Nixon for "moral insensitivity, negligence and maladministration"-a featherweight rap on the knuckles. The notion was so strongly opposed by the Democratic leadership that it was given little chance of even reaching the floor...
Harvard keeps its tax-exempt status and refuses to pay in-lieu-of-tax payments according to a square footage formula...
Since the middle sixties Harvard has vastly increased the amount of in-lieu-of tax payments it makes to Cambridge, Allston and Boston. Although the University still resists local pressure to pay by formula--a precedent that could deal a deadly blow to many non-profit institutions not quite as well-off as Harvard--the amounts Harvard is now paying are much more satisfactory to its three cities. And in Cambridge (where the tension with Harvard has been most acute) the University has assured city fathers that it will not make any non-essential land purchases outside specific boundaries...
...report committed Harvard to its boundary purchase agreement, increased in-lieu-of tax payments and increased involvement in working with Cambridge to solve housing, employment and urban blight problems. The report also promised a "detailed, comprehensive study" of Harvard's physical assets and needs and an outline of the limits of the University's plans in its host communities...
Nixon and his counsel, James D. St. Clair, say the 1258 pages of edited Watergate tape transcripts the White House turned over to the Committee in lieu of the 42 subpoenaed tapes will "provide grist for many sensational stories" but make it "totally and abundantly clear" that the president did not "act improperly in the Watergate matter...