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They were a portfolio of 200 young leaders, 45 or under, with distinguished records of social or civic service. During the disheartening days of Watergate, TIME chose them as evidence that "America has men and women who can assume leadership roles in the right circumstances-and given the right spirit in the country...
...summoned by Carter. Washington Energy Correspondent Richard Hornik spoke to economic and energy experts who had participated in the meetings, while Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil managed to track down nearly 20 Congressmen and Senators who had made the trip. Said White House Correspondent Chris Ogden, who raced to buttonhole civic leaders and senior White House aides as they arrived back in Washington: "However frustrating a sequestered summit is for reporters-and it is indeed frustrating-they seem to be the vogue for the Carter Administration. And if Carter feels they help him reflect more clearly and plan more thoroughly, then...
...years the UFCW has been battling the Seattle-First National Bank, the largest in the Northwest, to recognize the union as the bargaining agent for the bank's employees. The union has persuaded labor organizations and civic groups to withdraw deposits of more than $125 million from Seafirst. It has also begun to ask other unions to take their pension funds from Seafirst's correspondent banks in an effort to get them to break their ties. Last week the AFL-CIO called for a national boycott of Seafirst by union pension-fund managers...
...sledge hammer on concrete." The 18-ton scoreboard came crashing down, and more than half of the arena's roof collapsed. Twisted steel, broken glass and Insulation material thundered onto the seats below. It was the worst architectural disaster since the roof of the Hartford, Conn., Civic Center caved in under 4.8 in. of snow in January...
...country, the great urban renewal juggernaut of the 1950s and early 1960s has ground to a halt in uglification or nullity. The eccentric souls who argued that new is not necessarily better no longer have to prostrate themselves before bulldozers to make their point. They have been joined by civic leaders, foundations, architects and businessmen who can cite scores of projects in which outmoded buildings have been rehabilitated and have in many cases revitalized moribund inner-city districts...