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...most chagrined to read in last Friday's Crimson your report that the Harvard Lampoon is "the University's wealthiest undergraduate organization" with "a net worth of $1.6 million." Harvard Radio Broadcasting Co., Inc., owned by undergraduates, is the sole owner of WHRB-FM. WHRB-FM's broadcast license is valued between $5 million and $10 million in the Boston market, making WHRB wealthier than the Lampoon. Marc D. Peters WHRB-FM Station Manager
...last week, the Census Bureau found that the gap between rich and poor is widening. On the basis of a survey of 58,000 households, the bureau estimated that the poorest one-fifth of U.S. families received 4.6% of total income -- the lowest percentage since 1954. By contrast, the wealthiest one-fifth of families accounted for 44% of the income -- the highest share ever recorded...
...callousness and lack of concern of the Harvard community for the problems which plague our society has never been as clear as it was Thursday night. As one of the wealthiest men in the country was welcomed in high style by means of an extravagant parade and police escort to the doors of the Harvard Lampoon, crowds of students cheered and clapped. For hours, the Lampoon-sponsored visit of Malcolm Forbes generated excitement, interest and a carnival-like atmosphere for many...
Republicans delighted in pointing out that the Democratic plan would have been financed by a tax increase--albeit on the nation's 600,000 wealthiest couples and individuals...
Majority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) called the plan "a $25,000-a-year tax cut on average to 375,000 American families--the wealthiest families in America--for some decision they already made--not for something they might do in the future...