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...turned-park in Seattle and redlining in city neighborhoods. His stories can have wide impact. A column on Colorado's "sunset law," which requires a yearly re-evaluation of spending programs, prompted legislators in eight other states to introduce similar measures. Peirce also dispenses local anesthetic for painful civic problems through regular articles in the fact-packed National Journal (circ. 3,200), an authoritative Government-watching weekly he helped launch in 1969, which is one of the nation's most expensive publications (yearly subscription...
...They plan to fight the campaign on two fronts: first, unlike previous attempts to organize a few plants at a time, the unions will try to organize in all 85 plants simultaneously. Second, a nation-wide boycott of J.P. Stevens products is beginning, aided by support from church groups, civic leaders, politicians, and many others...
...PONDERED the shadows cast by the milling crowd on the cement floor of the Springfield Civic Center, a tap on the shoulder and a low voice accosted me. I had not understood at first, but the voice was saying, "Any 'cid?" Not having been at a Grateful Dead concert for some time, I was baffled. "What?", I asked. "Trips--you know, LSD," replied my prospective customer. (And I never thought I looked like the type.) "No. Sorry," I said, but he had already moved...
...betrayed by President Ford (in Ford's infamous press conference--televised nationally--where he as much as told Southie its actions were right). Because of Lupo's access to normally off-the-record meetings between White and his staff, Liberty's Chosen Home also offers a case-study of civic decision-making--although at times the Mayor and his aides--Bob Kiley, Ira Jackson, Eddie King, Bob Schwartz, Kirk O'Donnell--have few options and are forced to take a particular course of action. At one point, the city government discovers it must face the real possibility that the Mullens...
...Carters, are mainstays of the cheap souvenir trade. So is Hugh Carter, the President's first cousin and deacon in the Baptist church. Hugh now keeps his store open on Sundays, although he once said he never would. Billy Carter has started a company called Plains Civic Projects that sells souvenirs from the train depot. ("It's not exactly a nonprofit outfit," Billy says, "but the money is supposed to go into civic improvements.") Maxine Reese, who manages Plains Civic Projects, is also planning to put in Plains' first liquor store, to the horror of many residents...