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...warfare ensues. Doors are padlocked, windows are shuttered, rifles are broken out. A paranoid detective (Alan Arkin) tries to solve Patsy's murder -and 344 other unsolved killings -amid drumfire volleys of sniper fire. Alfred lapses into catatonia, reviving just in time to command a witless, meaningless shooting spree...
President Nixon has labeled the construction situation a "crisis." He summoned construction-industry and labor leaders to the White House last month and gave them 30 days to devise a voluntary plan to control the wage-and-price spree in building. The Government is construction's biggest customer, and Nixon has warned: "Unless the industry wants Government to intervene in wage negotiations on federal projects to protect the public interest, the moment is here for labor and management to make their own reforms...
...look at only 280 homes. "They've picked out a few horror examples," fumed Romney. Still, he conceded that "some shocking situations" do exist. The FHA has already tightened its appraisal rules, increased its inspections and raised its property standards in an effort to stop the speculative spree. Romney, a onetime president of American Motors, noted that a used-car buyer often finds that "it is tough to keep somebody from taking advantage of you. Well, it's child's play compared to the used-house business...
...goal was Corkery's third of the tournament. His scoring spree broke a five-game drought which he had endured while his linemates were scoring regularly. In picking up the final goal, Corkery managed to do what four other Harvard players had failed to do-beat Bullock on a breakaway...
...second half of the year in an already conservative budget. A selective city job freeze went into effect, and summer park programs closed a week early. There is virtually no growth in city tax revenue now, reflecting the stagnant economy. Uhlman has already weathered a frightening bombing spree and a police scandal last year, and he says: "There are days when I wonder why I couldn't have picked another time to become mayor." The budget squeeze also troubles the schools. For every child in the free-lunch program in 1969, there are now more than 50, and Superintendent...