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...Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic has endorsed ERA, and Republican Governor James Thompson called for ratification in his State of the State address this year, but many Illinois politicians regard the ERA issue as a political time bomb and have been reluctant to apply their political muscle on its behalf...
...Army general said no. The Lord Mayor said yes. The $21,000 question: Was Interpreter Hannelore Nelson wearing a bra at the annual asparagus festival in Mainz, West Germany...
...bills contain this clause. The current House bill is a compromise between congressmen's diverging views on this clause and Harvard's determination to see federal control of DNA regulatory standards. Much of Harvard's determination stems from friction with Cambridge over recombinant DNA experimentation. City Councilor and then-Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci spearheaded a drive to ban all recombinant DNA research here. After a series of public meetings, the Cambridge City Council imposed in the summer of 1976 a three-month moratorium on all recombinant DNA research, later extended for four more months. The city council also...
...community's reaction has also been one of surprise and questioning. Cambridge Mayor Thomas W. Danehy comments, "I remember reading something about it in the newspaper. But tell me, what are they trying to do? Why can't they accomplish the same thing within a department?" Danehy adds that he is probably not the best person to discuss Harvard's landlord practices in Cambridge, because he just doesn't know what's been going on. Cambridge City Councilor David C. Wylie, however, offers both optimistic and pessimistic speculations on what Harvard's new system could mean for the city. "Maybe...
Cambridge Mayor Thomas H. Danehy, who was included in the charges, said with a smile during a recess last night, "My wife is preparing to do without me for a year when they send me to Leavenworth Penitentiary. Fuckin ridiculous! One of the charges against me concerns a donation by my 81-year-old mother. Another concerns a 73-year-old cousin. It's hard to take all this very seriosly," he added