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Knowles' superb credentials made him a logical choice. A graduate of Harvard College and Washington University Medical School (cum laude), Knowles is a forward-looking doctor-administrator who became general director of Massachusetts General Hospital seven years ago at age 36. His reputation in the public health field is excellent. He has written four books-one of them considered a classic in pulmonary physiology-and teaches at Harvard Medical School...
...settlement saved face for both sides. Medical College Hospital, the larger of the two institutions being struck, agreed to rehire all strikers, including the dozen whose dismissal touched off the walkout. It did not agree to formal union recognition, which is forbidden by state laws covering public employees. But it did consent to a grievance procedure in which a union member can assist workers, and it approved an employee credit union that would allow a form of dues checkoff. As far as the union is concerned, these concessions amount to de facto recognition...
...barrier to using renewal tools has been the justifiable suspicion on the part of the community of urban renewal being used "on" them. If we are to take advantage of renewal, we must wipe out these suspicions. I therefore recommend that the council adopt as a matter of public policy a procedure which will allow the approval of residential renewal projects only after a policy committee, composed solely of residents of the project areas, with full veto powers over the plans, approves those plans. It is in this manner, and only in this manner that we can establish the kinds...
...recently commented, "I think it's a good sign--I hope." Just how good a sign it is, and how long-lived Congress' moderation on campus disturbances is, should be clearer by the time appropriations hearings are over. The final result may depend largely on how strongly the American public as a whole is feeling about "college unrest." If voter sentiment is highly anti-student, Congress--which can be extraordinarily sensitive to public feeling on certain issues--may well throw moderation to the winds, and replace it with tougher legislation...
...withdrawing the ordinance he proposed a month ago, which would have established a fine of at least $25 for amplification of sound disturbing the public peace, Councillor Thomas H. D. Mahoney commented, "Enforcement [of existing laws...