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Some fishermen argue that the Government should prohibit foreign fishing altogether in U.S. waters. But most welcome the new law, even though the quotas also limit their catches. Already, the promise of greater return is spurring some new investment. Next year 21 new steel-hulled vessels will be added to New Bedford's 175-boat fishing fleet...
...proposed regulations, which would prohibit prisoners from calling witnesses in their behalf, are an effort to "fill in the gaps where the old rules were silent," Lee Bromberg, general counsel for the Department of Corrections and co-author of the new regulations, said yesterday...
...minor points raised by White are commendable. The lengthened school committee and city council terms will reduce the pressure on incumbents to constantly campaign. White's half-hearted recommendation to prohibit school committee candidates from soliciting funds from school department employees was quickly rejected by the city council. Squeezing the people you employ for donations is a routine practice of Boston politicians that the mayor himself has perfected. Last year former City Fire Commissioner James Kelly and two of his assistants were indicted for reportedly shaking down firemen for donations to White's '75 campaign. Despite the testimony...
Finally, Carter should recognize the element of hypocrisy involved in protesting foreign subversion of U.S. political processes while the CIA conducts similar operations around the world. He should prohibit such activity in the future and limit the CIA to a purely intelligence gathering function...
Because these two well-known politicians with bona fide liberal credentials supported him, Markey soon became known as the liberal who had an outside chance of winning. But on two issues his liberal support nearly fell apart. Markey supports a constitutional amendment to prohibit abortion, and opposes busing to achieve racial integration in public schools. He says his abortion position is a matter of conscience, because he thinks abortion is wrong. His busing position is based on his belief that busing doesn't improve the quality of education. Instead, Markey advocates increased funding of inner-city schools and non-discriminatory...