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...November, the new company was petitioning the Aldermen for extension permits. Heated discussion proceeded the November 23 hearing; the Chronicle ran several editorials urging the denial of their request, questioning the legality of the move and accusing the company of ulterior motives. At the meeting, one Alderman--Francis L. Chapman--requested a legal opinion from the city solicitor. A representative from C.R.R. countered that the city had no right to deny the request, that only the Supreme Court had jurisdiction. None of the debate really mattered. The Board voted to grant permission, Chapman casting the only dissenting vote...
...October 8, the newspapers reported the case of one Jeremial Haggerty, a liquor dealer whose fourth class (grocer's) liquor license had just been revoked by the Board of Alderman. It seems the police chief had been going from shop to shop in late September with a request that the stores close on account of the Garfield obsequies: when he came to Haggerty's business, he noticed the beer pump dripping and saw several men standing at a counter drinking. Though not positive, the officer throught they were drinking ale. Since city laws prohibited a grocer from serving liquor...
When the Afro-Am executive committee turned down her request--a move she said would "imperil" her $77,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant--Wright filed a complaint with the federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EOEC) and threatened to sue the University, charging that it had discriminated against her on the basis of race...
When Wright originally asked for an extension of her contract, Nathan I. Huggins, Dubois Professor of History and Afro-American Studies and chairman of the Afro-Am Department and the executive committee, denied the request on the grounds that there were not "sufficient and compelling reasons" to warrant the measure...
...competitive forces that dominate the global arms bazaar create a complex dilemma. If the U.S. turns down Venezuela's request for F-16s, what is to prevent the French from selling it Mirage fighters? If the Senate rejects the AW ACS sale, the Saudis have warned they will simply