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Peter Cushnie Milford, Conn...
...FIFTY-FOUR YEAR OLD Korean immigrant is currently swabbing trays and loading dishes into washers at a federal prison in Danbury, Conn., and millions of people are unhappy about it. The man is the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder and leader of the Unification Church, which numbers two to three million followers worldwide, and he's serving an 18-month sentence for tax conspiracy and tax fraud...
...other two-thirds may not be so quick to join the expanded schedule. Some early-childhood specialists are skeptical of the proposed benefits. Louise Bates Ames, co-founder of the Gesell Institute of Child Development in New Haven, Conn., says that most five-year-olds are physically unready for a full-day program. "It's a sheer matter of fatigue," she contends. "Emotionally they aren't ready either. Five is a 'close-to-home' age, when they like to be with their mothers...
...political powers of the White House at least as well as any predecessor. He showed last week that it is more than a matter of handing out goodies to farmers and Big Steel. Whether in an Iowa field, on a street in Hammonton, N.J., or on the Waterbury, Conn., town green, he was highly visible but almost invulnerable. His handlers continue to limit his contact with insistent journalists and give him vague, breezy speeches to deliver to friendly crowds. His upbeat rhetoric in Waterbury was quintessential Reagan: "We say America should shoot for the stars, strive for the best...
...showrooms around the U.S. last week, dealers were gloomy about the chance of losing their bestselling models and the prospect of a national walkout. "A strike puts a pall on the entire industry, not just GM," said Ronald Kelly, a Ford dealer in Stamford, Conn. After the tough years of the late 1970s and early 1980s, dealers once again face a sales slump. Those with low inventory are especially worried. Said Clara Benjamin, co-owner of Bay Chevrolet in Queens, N.Y.: "A strike is going to affect us very badly. We will be laying off help if this turns...