Word: battaglia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tigers have lost three star players for the season due to serious leg injuries--defensive tackle Joe Lundic, linebacker Bob Ehrlich, and flanker Vince Battaglia, the last coming on a freak play during Tuesday's practice...
...Paris' Rue du Faubourg-St.-Honoré, the stylishness of Rome's Via Condotti or the hustling excitement of Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. But the very rich find most of the store names cozy and familiar: Courrèges, Fred Joaillier, Gucci, Hermes. Bally, Céline, Ted Lapidus, Bilari, Nazareno Gabrielli, Battaglia, Mille Chemises, Omega, Saint-Germain, Pierre Deux and Lothars of Paris. Others are of questionable vintage: Giorgio, Mr. Guy, even a Jerry Magnin store that has the temerity to put sale soccer shoes in its window. In all, 60 stores along 2½ blocks of Rodeo Drive rang up sales...
...voluntary agencies as unqualified to take responsibility for a refugee family. The Interagency Task Force for Indochina Refugees in Washington has been screening 22,000 inquiries received through its toll-free phone lines. "I'd be very pleased if 5,000 sponsors resulted from those inquiries," says Joseph Battaglia, head of the U.S. Catholic Conference office at California's Camp Pendleton. Explains Stahlke: "We're getting a lot of screwballs who are more interested in their own purposes than in the refugees. Some seek cheap labor; others want companionship." A Californian, 44, wrote in for a wife...
Apart from security clearances, the main problem was still finding enough American sponsors to help feed, clothe and house the refugees after they leave the camps. One fear is that after the initial publicity about the refugees dies down, so will the interest of potential sponsors. Said Joseph Battaglia, head of the U.S. Catholic Conference operation at Pendleton: "Unless there's a real surge of concern by the American people, we'll still be here this time next year. I think that in six months, there will be priests pleading with their parishes to remind them that refugees...
MARALEE KIRWAN BATTAGLIA...