Word: ownership
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Massachusetts official said yesterday the state may take Harvard to court if the University does not recognize the state's claim to ownership of almost half the "Sacco-Vanzetti file" of documents released to the public yesterday...
McGlynn added that he has made an informal offer to Harvard that would allow the University to retain custody of the documents for 100 years. If Harvard and the state do not reach an agreement, the state would most likely press its claim to ownership in court, McGlynn said...
...after the Populist heyday, the Reclamation Act of 1902. This legislation created a federal Reclamation Service to build dams, reservoirs, and canals to irrigate dry lands in 17 western states; today approximately 12 million acres are irrigated by federally stored and transported water. The Act also contained provisions limiting ownership of federally irrigated farm land to 160 acres per family member, and requiring that owners of irrigated land live within 50 miles of their farms. But these restrictions, which were designed to preserve family farms, have never been enforced. Paul Taylor, who served as a consultant to the Department...
...year flickered to an end, so did the vital signs of three gasping women's magazines, including the venerable American Home (circ. 2.25 million). In the past few years the 49-year-old magazine confused advertisers with numerous ownership and editorial changes, building up a current deficit of $5 million in the process. After the February issue American Home will be folded into Redbook by the owner of both, the Charter...
...Frankel filed a bankruptcy petition for Working Woman, which began publication 14 months ago, then promised refinancing and resuscitation for the magazine in 1978. WomenSports, founded by Tennis Queen Billie Jean King and Husband Larry in 1974, was bought by Charter two years ago. The Kings may now reclaim ownership and publish a less ambitious version, perhaps as a deliberately nonprofit venture under their Women's Sports Foundation...