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...escalated hazards have prompted police to start stashing shotguns in squad cars, sometimes defying local department rules. One side effect is that jumpy officers may be shooting more civilians, though no national figures are kept on that problem. Burgeoning sales are reported for a new lightweight bullet-resistant vest. There is renewed talk of the death penalty for cop killers. And many urban police chiefs believe more than ever that strict gun laws are an absolute necessity...
Harvard says that it chose Land-Vest because the company seemed concerned with land conservation-Wade Staniar says he thinks Harvard chose Land-Vest because of the company's "past track record of ecological concern." But not everyone agrees with that assessment. One island summer resident who asked to remain unidentified calls the construction "brutal" and claims that building 49 septic tanks on the property will undoubtedly pollute the soil...
...Land-Vest says its tests show that there is no danger of such pollution. They also point with pride to the 50 acres of common land they have set aside, including a cemetery where members of the Putnam family are buried along with some of their pets...
...deal with Land-Vest was handled solely by Kraetzer and former treasurer George F. Bennett '33 and did not come before the full Corporation until after the land had already been sold. George Putnam '49, grand-nephew of Charles Russell Lowell Putnam and the man who took over as treasurer in July, 1973, says the matter should have come before the Corporation before the sale and adds that it will almost definitely come up in the Corporation's meeting today...
Hindsight is a word that comes up often in conversations about the Land-Vest purchase, but no one at Harvard seems too anxious to use it. They would prefer to close the Land-Vest case once and for all, pointing out that the deal went through almost two years ago and that nothing can be done about it now anyway...