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...question arose last month in a meeting of the City Council's executive session. Dormitories in Boston may be able to taxation if they are not "necessary college housing." Brauneis reported that the city was searching for legal loop-holes which would make possible assessing not only schools, but of other tax free institutions such as churches...
...very desirable possibility" for diversification, says the I.C.'s highly rated President Wayne A. Johnston, 65, would be the construction of offices or apartments on the scenic lakefront lands that the I.C. owns near Chicago's Loop. "We might also acquire some manufacturing firm that would produce a lot of traffic for the railroad," says Johnston. "Almost any promising venture will be considered, whether it be a jewelry store or a hamburger stand." Illinois Central Industries would be forbidden to acquire directly competing transportation companies, but beyond that it would be a fairly free agent...
...cowboys rope calves-mean Brahman calves that weigh up to 300 Ibs. and can smash a roper's ribs with one kick. The roper races against time: on horseback, he must run down and lasso a charging calf, jump off his horse, wrestle the calf on its side, loop three of its legs with a "pigging string," and finish off his handiwork with a nonslip "hooey" hitch. Expert ropers can do it all in ten seconds or less...
...question was brought up Tuesday in a meeting of the City Council executive session. Brauneis reported that the city is looking for legal loop-holes which would enable Boston to assess the various tax-free institutions, including schools and churches, if they are unwillingly make a voluntary contribution...
However, Arthur Coffey, chief of the city law department, said he was not certain that his department would be successful in its attempts to overcome university lawyers. He has not yet studied the state constitution for any loop-holes...