Word: alder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are just so many things for a creative crank and entrepreneur to do! He has to get cracking, for instance, on marketing his Katahdin Hiker, made from peeled alder, which he pays industrious Dover-Foxcroft youngsters 20? a staff for reaping. MacArthur drills a hole for a compass, brands the name on the side and plans to sell each walking stick for $1.95, with a suggested retail price of $3.99. The alternative-vehicle regatta, now in its fifth year, is never far from its sponsor's thoughts. Every June, at MacArthur's urging, riders on two, three...
...triple play was set up by Republican U.S. Attorney James R. ("Big Jim") Thompson, 38. Earlier, he obtained convictions against former Governor Otto Kerner, Cook County Clerk Edward Barrett and five other alder men. But "this time," said Thompson, "the system was on trial." Daley, 72, who had a mild stroke last May, is considering running for a sixth term next year...
...biggest Crimson defeat came in the 150-lb, division, when the B.U. grappler won with a 10-0 score against Eli Hassime. In other divisions, the B.U. 118-pounder beat Harvard sophomore Paul McGill, 8-7. Howard O'Brian in the 158-lb, category and John Alder in the 167-lb, match lost to their B.U. rivals with 3-2 and 3-1 scores, respectively...
...They'll kill each other to get a bite." But racial pride and sensitivity about the condescending attitudes of some white professionals are also crucial factors. Gloria Nelms, a black former psychiatric counselor at Columbia Point who is among those responsible for the leaflet attacks, charges that "Bennet-Alder did everything possible to keep the Health Association from developing the ability to run the center. He also cut off training for para-professionals from the community." Opposition from some quarters in the community is virulent. Even some of the newer black administrators are being pilloried for "the same plantation...
...city-wide agency that has replaced Tufts as the administrator of federal funds for the center. The group is heavily staffed with blacks and is determined to rally Columbia Point residents in support of the clinic. ABCD is trying to enforce some of the efficiency measures started by Bennet-Alder but is imposing them gradually. It has also hired a black as acting administrator and persuaded the remaining staffers to stay for a while. The agency, says ABCD Director Bob Coard, "is not about to retreat from involvement in Columbia Point because of a few faceless saboteurs." Coard may succeed...