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...believe their cities have lost as many people in the past decade as the early numbers show. The census figures have Atlanta down from 497,000 to just 402,000; Boston down from 641,000 to 505,000; Baltimore down from 906,000 to 753,000. But the biggest loser is likely to be New York City: the new statistics indicate that it has about 800,000 fewer residents than its 1970 population of 7.9 million.* No early figures are yet available for Chicago and Los Angeles, the second and third largest U.S. cities...
...owners of Harper's plan to retain Editor Lewis Lapham, 45, and hope to return the magazine to solvency by converting it to a nonprofit organization, which will bring tax breaks and reduced postal rates. MacArthur family members note that John D. saved a money loser called Theater Arts magazine in 1950. Its editor was his older brother, Newsman-Playwright Charles MacArthur, who wrote The Front Page...
...loser in the Cronkite sweepstakes, unjolly Roger jumps ship
...premiers, he will face enormous difficulties in reaching a consensus. The stances of the various premiers are dictated by regional demands, and Trudeau will have to confront a host of competing interests. Amid a swirl of centrifugal forces, Quebec's referendum vote may will lessen its leverage; Levesque, the loser, will represent Quebec as long as he manages to cling to power. And he is under no obligation to call an election until late 1981. The winner of the plebiscite, Ryan, will wallow at home, powerless to forward his programs, for he remains merely leader of the opposition...
Chiles is also angry about baseball's high-spending battle to sign free agents. Signing stars like Outfielder Richie Zisk to a ten-year, $2.9 million contract made a perennial money loser of the Texas Rangers, a team that Chiles took over as principal owner last week. To Chiles, his $4 million investment in the team is another example of what he will do to cure the country's ills. Says he: "I bought the club as a general civic duty. We have to improve the quality of life here...