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...Nashville voters knew that William H. Boner was no Goody Two-Shoes. As a Democratic Congressman he had been cited by the House ethics committee for milking campaign funds for personal gain. Before that, in 1985, federal prosecutors scrutinized some of the services he performed for a defense contractor who paid Boner's lawyer- wife Betty fees totaling $44,000 in 22 months. Still, when newly elected Mayor Boner exulted three years ago that he felt "like a child in a candy store," Nashvillians did not know just what he meant...
...brutal. Many businesses are broke, but won't admit it yet," says Irwin Jacobs, a Minneapolis financier. Chase Manhattan, the second largest U.S. bank, is letting go 5,000 employees, or 12% of its work force, in a struggle to remain solvent. McDonnell Douglas, the No. 1 defense contractor, is slashing its payroll by 17,000 workers, or 13%. At the General Electric plant in Louisville that makes refrigerators, dishwashers and other appliances, managers plan to lay off as many as 500 of the plant's 10,800 workers because of falling sales. "This is not just a thing...
...fund-raising abilities became apparent only last month after a TIME story disclosed that M.D.C. had pressured some of its subcontractors into making personal campaign contributions; the developer then kicked the money back to them by allowing them to bill for phony construction work. That disclosure prompted dozens of contractors to admit that they too had been pressured by M.D.C. into making similar donations. "We were told that Mizel wanted to look good," said a major contractor who gave $40,000 to various campaigns at M.D.C.'s orders. "The money came back to us from Lincoln Savings and Silverado...
Jackson Construction, the contractor working on the site, which has served as a parking lot for the past year, is scheduled to complete it's foundation work by the winter. The hotel should be completed...
Jackson Construction, the contractor working on the site, which has served as a parking lot for the past year, is scheduled to complete it's foundation work by the winter. The hotel should be completed...