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...labor leader of note to go on record with a resounding good word for the late Senator from Wisconsin. But never had Gray dissented with such devastating effect as he did in urging a labor-sponsored wage freeze just as labor leaders were getting ready for a big wage-boost offensive...
...heavy iproniazid dosage, but refuses to cut down because he would rather suffer these than risk a recurrence of the depression that has handicapped him for twelve years and sometimes crippled him. Dr. Kline, though conceding no symptoms in himself, admitted that he had taken the drug to boost his efficiency when his work load was heavy...
Last week, on a rare note of bewilderment, Eugene Cervi confessed on Page One that the Rocky Mountain Journal's antitax campaign had received a mountainous boost; to his office had come a letter from an anonymous "admirer" urging continued efforts to "stop big Nick in his tax campaign." Enclosed: a $1,000 bill, with the suggestion: "If you can't go along with my idea, then turn the money over to your favorite charity...
...RATE-BOOST CAMPAIGNS by airlines are winning more support in CAB, which turned down lines-urgent pleas for 6% raise last summer. CAB voted to allow Continental Air Lines, which was not a party to last summer's request, to raise fares by 7% to 10% on some Western short hops...
...Faculty Committee on Athletics voted last night to officially approve the resolution passed last week by the Undergraduate Athletic Council to elevate squash and tennis to the status of major sports. When informed of the news, Jack Barnaby, coach of both teams, stated, "This will certainly be a big boost to the teams. The boys of the last ten years or so have worked hard and earned this distinction...