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...combined to ignite the fire season in 11 Western states. On Colorado's Storm King Mountain, 14 fire fighters were killed when they were overtaken by a wind-whipped blaze. In the East, heavy rainfall from the stalled remnants of tropical storm Alberto caused severe flooding in Georgia and Alabama, claiming 24 lives...
Forrest Gump is nobody special, but he meets special people. In his 30-year odyssey through recent American history, this crippled Alabama lad with a 75 IQ bumps into Elvis and John Lennon, J.F.K. and L.B.J., Nixon and Mao. Forrest is an innocent on loan to a cynical world, and in the movie bearing his name he would make little sense if he were played by anyone but Tom Hanks...
Forrest grew up with a 75 I.Q. and braces on his legs. In a small Southern town in Alabama, he may as well have been from Mars. But he overcame this handicap, breaking off the braces in one touching scene, and he never looked behind to see who was eating his dust. From such odd roots, he goes on to become a world-renowned runner and athlete. He serves in Vietnam and travels the world...
...granted. So why can't Michael Jordan hit the ball? The world's greatest athlete, alleviating his basketball burnout playing rightfield for the Birmingham Barons, is batting a measly .200 and hasn't hit a home run. Maybe the pitching is better in Alabama, or the ball is looser, or the umps meaner, or the wind blows in. Maybe Michael is just unlucky...
...most innovative step is for U.S. unions to seek aid from their labor brethren overseas when facing companies with international operations. Balked at organizing a Polyfelt plant in Evergreen, Alabama, the ACTWU appealed for help to Austrian unions -- some of whose leaders sat on the Supervisory Board of Polyfelt's parent company, OMV. The European unionists got the company to order its U.S. managers to tone down antiunion activities, and the ACTWU won a contract at the Alabama plant last month...