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Atlanta's 60% black population has been terrified by the wanton and unsolved slayings of black children. President Reagan last week announced that the city's request for an extra $1.5 million, on top of nearly $1 million in federal funds already approved, would be granted to help carry on the investigation of the killings. Twenty bodies have been recovered, but the potential number of victims grew to 22 when the name of Joseph Bell, 15, who had been missing since March 3, was added to the list. Atlanta has a worsening problem in other crimes as well. The city...
Salvadorans, indeed, have shown considerable reluctance to accept increased U.S. military aid. U.S. officials had to present their case several times before the Duarte government agreed to request it. Though Duarte has now stated that U.S. military aid is necessary, other moderate leaders still are known to fear that an increased U.S. military presence could be counterproductive and give the guerrillas a nationalist rallying cry. They are also concerned that the U.S. anti-Communist rhetoric accompanying the aid might encourage right-wing military officers to attempt a coup...
...Corporation has made no specific request for a revision in the present method the ACSR uses to make its recommendations to the Corporation, Lawrence F. Stevens '65, secretary of the ACSR, said yesterday...
Harvard's controversial Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP) may soon move one step closer to actually producing some energy. A spokesman for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said this week that the plant will probably receive an exemption from the Clean Air Act, which Gov. Edward J. King requested earlier this year. EPA rules stipulate that the agency monitor potential sources of pollution, but the governor of a state can request a waiver to that regulation for non-profit educational or health institutions like MATEP. Opponents of the plant are unhappy about the possible exemption and promise a battle...
...Clean Air Act requires that the EPA regulate all new sources of pollution However, if the polluter is a non-profit educational or health institution, the governor of the state can request a waiver of the Clean Air standards...