Word: alabama
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that will help us." Partly because the tips have proved promising, a special federal grand jury will convene in March to consider more indictments. The grand jury will look into wrongdoing not only in Hillsborough County but all along Florida's west coast from Fort Myers to the Alabama border...
...tactic worked. Illinois quickly promised $10.2 million in federal and state grants, and union workers offered $4 million more in concessions. Alabama Governor George Wallace told his state development office to "do whatever is necessary" to keep Hyster in the state. Officials in Kentucky huddled with the company to work out a contract...
...panels drawn from a pool of 26 appeals court judges. It would expire after five years, though if the review court proved a success, Congress could make it permanent. Moreover, before he spoke, Burger had done some lobbying of his own. He consulted with Democratic Senator Howell Heflin of Alabama, a former chief justice of his state's supreme court; two weeks ago Heflin reintroduced legislation that would authorize the kind of court that Burger wants and that would also create a commission to look into problems facing the nation's courts. Despite last week's stirring...
...learning swirls around President Hanly Funderburk, 51, who took office in April 1980. Funderburk's policies have sapped morale, antagonized many members of the faculty and administrative staff, raised the specter of political control and brought into question the mission of the 127-year-old institution in the Alabama town that bears its name. Three vice presidents have resigned in protest, and the faculty has twice passed no-confidence votes against the president, the last by a 3-to-l margin. In November, Funderburk refused the faculty's request that he step down. Matters worsened last week with...
...athletic programs at the predominantly Black institutions which will be affected by the adoption of the new NCAA regulations. It is also very clear that Black participation in athletic programs at predominantly white institutions will be seriously reduced. At some national athletic powers such as the University of Alabama, the University of Houston and the University of Southern California, Black athletes make up 90 percent of the teams which generate the most income for the university. These teams are usually the track, football and basketball teams. Some university coaches, like the coaches in the National Basketball Association, have begun...