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Superintendent Robert J. Peterkin last week released his plans for the Cambridge School District's budget for fiscal year 1986 it carries a $50.9 million price tag. Four million dollars more than last year's budget, the proposal calls for $446,200 to be spent on new of expanded program designed to improve local school children's educational performance Peter in said...
...Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) and independents may be threatened by a third slate this fall. Daniel Crane, a local lawyer and son of the kite Edward Crane, long-time Cambridge mayor, has said that he may run for the 9-member governing body under a moderate pro business tag...
When Zovirax becomes available in mid-February, there will be another restraint: price. A five-day regimen of the capsules will cost from $15 to $18; the tag for six months of use will be a hefty $360. Despite the costs and the limitations as a treatment, health officials are enthusiastic about the new form of acyclovir. "It is a very useful tool," says Mary Guinan, an associate director at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. "We welcome it as part of our armamentarium in our war against sexually transmitted diseases...
Going ahead with some degree of Star Wars technology research on a basic level--though at far less than the current $26 billion price tag--is reasonable given on-going Soviet interest in this field and the wholly unverifiable nature of such research. But beyond such limited, general exploration, as with all its real and imagined weapons systems, the Administration should be prepared to deal--and hopefully to start cutting into the plethora of offensive weapons that so threaten mankind...
Stores are paying more attention than ever to light-fingered crime. Spending for antitheft devices has gone up about 18% in the past year. The most popular anti-crime item is a plastic tag about the size of a pocket comb that stores are putting on everything from dresses to fur coats. The tags, which can be conveniently removed only by a special tool, set off an alarm when they pass through a sensing device that is usually located at exits. Criminals frequently try to cover up the tags with aluminum foil to fool the detection machines, or even bite...