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...time they have given us," said Chairman James Hennigan (Mrs. Hicks had run unsuccessfully for mayor and then moved on to Congress). While HEW's legal machinery slowly turned, the N.A.A.C.P. sponsored a class action against the school authorities by 55 parents and children, demanding a prompt end to "racially discriminatory policies." At the same time, the state board of education voted to draw up its own desegregation plan in case the courts order one to go into effect...
Separatism is thus only the worst of a host of problems facing Bhutto's two-month-old government. It is a symptom of rapidly spreading disillusionment among Pakistanis, whose hopes were raised when Bhutto took power last December and promised a prompt return to democracy and an "economic and social revolution." But despite a flurry of decrees, little has been accomplished. Pakistan's ills have been compounded by a postwar economic tailspin and a precipitous deterioration of law-and-order. Items...
Boon to Hospitals. Still, the unfairness of the present court-clogging insurance system is so glaring that almost any form of no-fault seems an improvement. Even if insurance premiums remain the same, at least the vast majority of auto-accident victims would be assured of prompt, equitable settlements. Senator Warren Magnuson, one of the sponsors of the national no-fault plan, foresees another benefit. At present, he points out, hospitals have no assurance that accident victims will ever be able to collect enough money to pay for emergency treatment, but under no-fault insurance companies would settle such bills...
...read with interest the Corporation's decision regarding the grievances against Dean Kilbridge. It is a sad but telling commentary on Harvard and the Graduate School of Design that this case received such thorough and prompt attention while others more basic to academic freedom and educational quality remain unattended...
Following CHUL insistence on "prompt and drastic action". Dean Dunlop opens hunting season on all pets in the Houses. Below is the first victim, Skiddy von Stade's POLO PONY, now stuffed and on exhibit in the Mather House courtyard...