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...which expires April 30. Nixon is pledged to dismantle the controls-which he erected in violation of his own free-enterprise principles-as soon as he judges that inflation can be checked without them. He is almost sure to extend them for a while. Indeed, he might even tighten them, at least on labor, in line with the general conservative and anti-inflationary bent of a second Nixon Administration. Neil Jacoby, a Republican member of the Pay Board, has suggested that the guideline for wage increases might be lowered to "around 4%" from the present 5.5%. Nixon is under pressure...
...Jumbos still would not die, however, and with time running out the Byrn-Rosa combo struck from 50 yards out to tighten the score, 14-6. The attempt for a two-point conversion failed...
...sore spot for the Harvard harriers was the number of opposition runners between scoring spots number four and five. Harvard's Jim Keefe scored in 11th place in 27:50. While last year's sophomore star has been impressive since training camp, the harriers will have to tighten up between now and the end of the week if they are to overcome the Penn cross country bulldozer in Friday's crucial contest...
...Department in Washington, he was granted immmunity in exchange for information about his dealings with Texas politicians. It was generally assumed that he had the means to damn Smith, Mutscher, and the rest of them. But when Sharp finally came to trial, all he was willing to do was tighten the noose around Mutscher just slightly, and implicate Barnes and state attorney general Will Wilson, Richard Kleindeinst, then Deputy Attorney General, later said that the Justice Department had been duped. So had the people of Texas...
Entry Fees. Environmentalists have managed to turn one of the West's chronic disadvantages, lack of water, into a means of fighting the developers. New Mexicans are now pushing for legislation that would give them the legal wrench necessary to tighten the faucet on their scarce water supply, thereby limiting expansion. Think-tank experts envision even more extreme solutions. Rand Corp. Demographer Peter Morrison believes that the Federal Government may have to adopt population-distribution policies; if not, localities may resort to residency permits and migrant entry fees to prevent being "loved to death...