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Quincy House, Leverett Towers, Holyoke Center--like giant fungi they have pushed their evil shapes above the once lovely surface of Cambridge. They scatter their deadly spores over all of Harvard, and those that take root threaten the existence of all the familiar buildings of the University...
...Democrat draws up his chair to a dented steel desk in the basement. The floor is without so much as a scatter rug, the single window has no curtain, steam pipes clutter the walls, a radiator hisses sometimes. His receptionist answers the phone, saying "Governor Rolvaag's office." The Democrat feels just fine. He may be allowed to come out of the basement very soon...
Died. Thomas Baker Slick. 46. lusty San Antonio wheeler-dealer, whose shrewd investments turned a multimillion-dollar inheritance from his wildcatting father into a scatter-gunned business empire (ranching, construction, oil. mining, manufacturing and air freight); of injuries rei ceived when his light plane crashed in j southwestern Montana. The flip side of I the coin from his sober, mild-mannered I brother Earl, who concentrated on running Slick Airways. Tom preferred to let his money make the money, hired managers to handle the headaches while he indulged a Stetson-ful of sidelines: he pursued the Himalayas' Abominable Snowman...
...United Church of Christ intends to sponsor an elaborate series of projects diametrically opposite to Webb's concept of entire cities for the elderly. The United plan is to scatter clusters of dwelling units through an existing city-some in downtown areas, some on the outskirts-to keep the oldsters near their families and integrated in the community. The satellite units will have a centrally located core containing health services, a common dining room, and recreational center. With FHA support, the United Church figures that people with as little as $1,800 a year income can afford to live...
...Scattered Sculpture. So far, $230 million worth of construction has been approved under this system-meaning that Philadelphia will surround its new buildings with more than $2,000,000 worth of art. Late last year, the Federal Housing Administration amended its rules to permit guarantee of loans that included the fine-arts provision. Last week ground was broken for the first major project to be financed by FHA under the new provision -a $40 million redevelopment of Philadelphia's shabby Society Hill section. At the 1% rate, Contractors Webb & Knapp and Chief Architect I.M. Pei will have a handsome...