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...aware of her daughter's uncharacteristic absence. When they failed to respond to her plea for assistance, Mrs. Stinson contacted as many newspapers and radio stations as she could and urged them to broadcast descriptions of her missing daughter. Only The Boston Globe and WBZN radio agreed to her request. Upon learning of the death of the third woman, Mrs. Stinson led a protest to the mayor's office...
Although Arrow examined the ACSR's estimates at the request of the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee, he said yesterday, "I am not really inclined to favor divestiture on a large scale." Regardless of Arrow's personal convictions, his letter has convinced many that divestiture may be far less expensive than the ACSR said...
...Closely questioned, he said he would send in the Marines to, say, Saudi Arabia in response to a plea from the government to counter a threat that was at least partly external. Said he: "I would have absolutely no hesitancy whatsoever in responding positively to such a Saudi Arabian request, given all the caveats and conditions...
Thomas B. Roos '51, chairman of the sub-committee on agenda for the executive committee and a biology professor at Dartmouth, called the students' request for class cancellation "responsible," saying "it's an appropriate response. This way there's an opportunity to put things out in the open...
Aside from its low credibility, the major obstacle remaining in the commission's path is the total absence of an investigative division to check the accuracy of disclosure information. As a Catch-22-style maneuver, the legislature authorized all but $35,000 of the commission's fiscal 1979 budget request, yet declined to create the investigative positions themselves. Gov. Edward J. King added to the commission's woes last Thursday when he proposed a $228,200 cut in its $631,350 budget request for the upcoming fiscal year...