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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...George Shultz and James Hodgson coming, and Mr. Shultz even thought the President might stop by. Well, we lost the President and Mr. Shultz, and Mr. Hodgson is probably down in the cellar somewhere." Meany played the course with three lower-ranking officials. His temper grew still shorter when Hodgson treated Teamster Boss Frank Fitzsimmons and his aides to a special briefing on the freeze at the Labor Department, apparently because their reaction to the Nixon program had seemed favorable. In fact, although the Teamsters hailed it as a "bold measure," they went on to criticize the same inequities Meany...
...Leftfielder Wilver Dornel Stargell is leading everyone in baseball in home runs and runs batted in. But why, exactly, is the lefthanded slugger hitting so well this season? Some say it's because the rightfield power alley in Pittsburgh's new Three Rivers Stadium is 23 ft. shorter than it was in Forbes Field, the Pirates' old home. Others explain that Willie is using a new bludgeon of a bat that is four ounces heavier and two inches longer than his old model. Stargell, 30, has a simpler theory: "It could just be me coming into...
Publicity Campaign. Heath has organized an elaborate publicity campaign to persuade dubious British voters (57% antiMarket by the latest polls, 25% pro, the rest undecided) that joining Europe is Britain's best course. The Tory government will distribute 5,000,000 copies of a shorter version of the White Paper, and there will be a whirlwind speaking tour by Conservative leaders...
...main destination. EXCURSION FARES are available to anyone who agrees to linger fairly long abroad. The fare for trips lasting 17 to 28 days is $385; for those of 29 to 45 days, it is $335. As a rule, a total of five stopovers are permitted on the shorter excursions and a total of three on those of longer duration...
NEARLY all of America's big cities share the malady: while the cost of services steadily mounts, the tax base that provides for those services just as surely shrinks. In this year of recession, funds are shorter than ever, leading desperate mayors to seek relief in Washington, in state capitols and in an array of burdensome new taxes that the public can scarcely support. Yet, aggravated as they are, the problems of all other American mayors absolutely pale beside those of John Lindsay, the embattled mayor of New York City...