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...late for those already tainted by a corrupt system. Discus Thrower John Powell, for one, is worried that the IRS will put pressure on Stones to tell all he knows about other athletes. Says Powell: "Stones could turn out to be the John Dean of amateur track." Others cynically predict that AAU reprisals will be selective and merely cosmetic-barring a few scapegoat athletes from competition while resisting fundamental change in the conditions that gave rise to the scandal...
Carter's proposal is in no sense a final solution; it is impossible even to predict reliably what the agency would do, or how the balance of interests in Washington would be altered. But the problem the proposal addresses--the relative over-representation of manufacturing interests in relation to those of the consuming public--will not go away by itself. While no one can say precisely what the consumer interest is, everyone agrees that it is not getting as much attention as it should be, and any new viewpoint in the stagnant imbalance of Washington interests is to be welcomed...
Robert E. Kaufmann '62, associate dean of the Faculty for finance and administration and chairman of the search committee, said yesterday he cannot predict whether the next director will be an alumnus, adding that he thinks the committee's wishes may no longer figure into the selection process...
...ever recorded." Further, in the Great Plains area of eastern Montana, eastern Wyoming, the Dakotas and Nebraska, the water supply is 40% to 60% below normal. Ski resort operators in nine Western states earlier reported losses totaling $50 million. Estimates of other financial casualties are growing. In Sacramento, officials predict that the drought will cause losses of $500 million in crops, $500 million in livestock and $1 billion in farm income-more than a fifth of California's 1976 $9 billion in agriculture earnings. In Oregon, where four coastal counties joined the list of nine eastern ones designated...
Although Powers would not predict a date for final settlement of the police contract, he said he is "optimistic" that both sides can reach an agreement before the extension of the current contract expires July...