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...Nixon Administration felt had become a bit too aggressive. But the Harvard lawyer has shown a broad streak of independence. For starters, he filed an antitrust suit against Exxon and seven other major oil companies who both produce and distribute oil. With Ralph Nader as ally and Budget Director Roy Ash as adversary, Engman has been fighting to require more detailed financial reporting from major U.S. corporations. Recently he attacked TV ads aimed at children. With Engman's approval, an investigation of food pricing is contemplated, and several in the energy field are currently under...
James Fred Hofheinz, 36, won only a paper-thin victory last January to become mayor of Houston, America's sixth largest city (pop. 1,233,000), but that has not prevented him from making some unpopular decisions. A Ph.D. in economics and son of Astrodome King Roy ("Judge") Hofheinz, he has raised property taxes 81/2% and water
Raging Debate. In an effort to determine specifics, President Nixon is scheduled to meet next week with economic policymakers again to get suggestions. But already a debate is raging among Administration budgetmakers as to how much trimming is really feasible. Office of Management and Budget Director Roy L. Ash said after the White House announcement last week that only about $2 billion could be cut by "tightening the screws." The remaining $3 billion, he said, would have to come through sale of federal assets, such as oil leases. In the convoluted semantics of budgetry, money from such sales gets counted...
...week. The death of any of these potential martyrs could trigger a new wave of violence. Shortly before the sisters ended their fast, spokesmen for the I.R.A. were warning of "devastating consequences" and a "terrible revenge" unless the two women were transferred to an Ulster jail. British Home Secretary Roy Jenkins, who had to make the decision, appeared genuinely tortured by his dilemma-whether to give in under pressure or let the women die. In a statement issued by the Home Office, he clearly hinted that if the sisters ended their hunger strike, he would move them to a prison...
...School Forum set up a debate for mid-October between Shockley and Roy Innis, national director of the Congress on Racial Equality. The debate was Innis's idea; he thought he could humiliate Shockley and discredit...