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OYSTER BLIGHT is creating unsavory stew for oystermen in Delaware Bay and along East Coast. Bills pending in Congress would allow Government loans to oystermen at 3% interest until Interior Department can stem disease that will further shorten supply and increase prices...
...move to shorten delivery time, the collection hour for mail on Sundays and holidays has been changed from 6:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Boston area. The administration of the District Operating Office of Metropolitan Boston ordered the change so that the Sunday mail could be sorted in time to be picked up by earlier trains and planes...
...only do the sheep seem to be happier but Purdue can regulate the amount of light they get. Normally, sheep breed only once a year, when the autumn days begin to shorten. By changing the lighting indoors, Purdue can make sheep think it is autumn any time of the year, get two or more lamb crops, schedule spring lamb around the calendar...
Although questioning of homeowners might shorten the list of housing available to students, Sarbanes said, "I don't think that for the sake of longer listings we should include landlords who openly discriminate...
...only problem this entails is that to shorten the list for a minority is to penalize the majority by the reduced selection. It would seem, though, that most room-seekers would be willing to cut down their percentage chances of finding a place in order to combat even this mild form of racial bigotry. Besides, the University should not be a party to such discriminatory practices, a fact which the University undoubtedly knows...