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...gave two examples where, they said, the Administration perverted the free-speech argument. They cited the "facist riot-control course" which the Design School attempted to sponsor in 1969 and Pusey's termination in 1954 of three Faculty appointments of alleged Communists...
...Laffer's reasoning that businessmen and consumers will spend every cent they get their hands on [Feb. 22] works only in the 72° comfort of his classroom. After the worst inflation in 20 years, retail sales do riot indicate that consumers are spending every cent they get. Just as business is being given a tax decrease in the form of accelerated depreciation, so also should consumers get a tax cut. Then they will regain their confidence and start spending again...
Elsewhere in the U.S., the action at some of the 337 closed-circuit TV sites was a bit too realistic. In the Chicago Coliseum, a riot broke out when the TV transmission broke down. Across town at the International Amphitheater, police had to turn firehoses on an angry mob of 1,000 trying to storm their way into the sold-out house. In Pittsburgh, 5,500 hardy souls braved subfreezing temperatures and icy 30-m.p.h. winds to see the fight outdoors at the Three Rivers Stadium. The fight fever knew no boundaries. In Manila, classes were suspended so that schoolchildren...
Theater Workshop Boston ( Riot, Tribe, Creation ) has had difficulty in getting through Boston's red tape, but it appears that everyone has been paid off now and Headplay is showing twice a night Thursday through Sunday. The Workshop is designed for "environmental and experimental" theater, housed, ironically enough in a defunct flower market. The "stage" is a large room with cushions clumped about for the audience. Barbara Linden and author Reichman, who directed the play, have used this informal atmosphere to advantage. The action takes place on low platforms in the corners, in and around the audience, emphasizing the ties...
...similar clash between pro-and anti-R. O. T. C. factions a year ago resulted in the death of a woman student. A student referendum conducted after the riot favored the abolition of R. O. T. C. The R. O. T. C. company however, continues to exist while a university committee studies the problem...