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Washington State's Green River, which runs through the city of Kent, about 15 miles south of Seattle, is actually a murky grayish color. The forest near it has long served as a dumping ground for old auto parts, battered furniture, cans and bottles. On March 31 a hiker hunting for mushrooms stumbled upon a human skull. During the next two days police investigators found the rest of that skeleton, along with the remains of three other women. The grisly discoveries brought to 20 the number of women from the Seattle area presumed to be victims of a mysterious...
Executive salaries in Detroit are spiraling upward particularly fast. From 1980 to 1982 the depressed auto industry did not give out any bonuses, but now they are back-and big. Two weeks ago Ford announced that Chairman Philip Caldwell in 1983 received a salary of $520,534 and a bonus of $900,000. Stock options can dramatically boost total compensation figures even higher. Last year Caldwell's options netted him an extra $5,892,024. General Motors Chairman Roger Smith, whose company had record earnings of $3.7 billion in 1983, will probably get a salary and bonus package worth...
...programs have become more plentiful, the titles have become more specialized. Flight Simulator helps train would-be pilots to land an airplane; Pole Position lets living-room auto racers drive a road course; Stallion keeps the bloodlines of horses straight by tracking their ancestry; Beefup helps breeders fatten their cattle by keeping track of their weight and breeding...
...NLRB ruled the Medical Area workers were separate, and two close elections were held over the next four years, with the union, the United Auto Workers (UAW) losing each time. But Harvard never gave up and kept raising the issue with the board Friday it got what it wanted. The Board reversed the earlier ruling...
...York Times I discovered that my "take-charge" style had earned me the nickname CINC-WORLD, or Commander in Chief of the World. From other reports, it appeared that I had raised hackles by pointing out the foreign policy implications of the grain embargo and auto imports, by reassuring our allies on our plans with respect to the neutron bomb and by the nature of my personality. The fanciful story about my thrusting a "20-page memorandum" into Reagan's hands as he returned from his swearing-in took root in the press and demonstrated once again that gossip...