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Dean Fox told the meeting yesterday that other ways to elicit this information have failed. He said "attaching a dollar sign is a last-resort solution...
...restaurants. Anyone caught lighting up in shops, cinemas, sports arenas or hotel lobbies in Novosibirsk risks a ten-ruble (about $13) fine. In Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, quick eateries and bars no longer permit smoking. Proclaiming itself the first "no smoking city" in the U.S.S.R., the Black Sea resort of Sochi has banned smoking in all restaurants, government offices, taxis, schools, hospitals and recreational areas. It is even illegal on beaches (except one set aside for foreigners). Says Sochi Chairman V.A. Voronkov: "I must warn smokers that henceforth they will feel uncomfortable in Sochi...
Lately, Carter has moderated his call for stand-by authority for the President to impose wage and price controls in an emergency. Says Jasinowski: "He continues to support that position, but only as a last resort. I would not anticipate any immediate, high-priority action to request selective stand-by wage and price authority. That would come only if there was a national emergency." In any case, Carter says that "my guess is that I would never use them...
...Pittsburgh Musical Institute before winning a three-year Juilliard scholarship. "I had aspirations of going to the Met and being Leontyne Price," she recalls, "but I switched to popular music and blues because it gave greater freedom of expression and I liked the audience." A veteran of the resort and supper-club circuit, she has a new album. Brown Sugar (unrelated to the show), out this month which includes several songs of her own composition...
...Buckley's opening comments, Breslin spent his allotted twenty minutes speaking on the race problems in the U.S. He said that racism is the main cause of unemployment in most cities, especially New York. He also defended New York's welfare policy, saying "the government is a last resort, but there is no place else...