Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jersey 119, Detroit...
...smarts look, producers of the hit film Beverly Hills Cop attired their star in a faded T shirt marked MUMFORD PHYS. ED. DEPT. across the chest. Now the burgundy-lettered garment has become a hit in its own right. Swamped by requests for the shirts from Murphy's fans, Detroit's Samuel C. Mumford High School has turned to a national distributor to handle the demand. As of last week Artex Manufacturing of Overland Park, Kans., had received more than 24,000 orders for the shirt, which sells for around $10, and sales were growing fast...
...shirt boom has been an unexpected boon to Mumford High, a virtually all- black public school in an upper-middle-class neighborhood of Detroit. The % garment was picked for the film by Jerry Bruckheimer, a Beverly Hills Cop producer and 1961 graduate of the school. Mumford plans to use profits from the shirt sales to buy new books, computers and athletic equipment. It will also share its good fortune with other schools in Detroit. Says Queen Loundmon, the activities director at Mumford High: "This has created a whole new kind of pride...
Former Michigan Congressman William Brodhead, who complained about lobbyists during his days as a legislator, seems to have reversed his views: he represents the city of Detroit and the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company in Washington. Brodhead contends that his experience in the House provides him with "access" but no other advantage. "You're getting in the door," he says. "You're not necessarily getting what the clients want...
...managers are supposed to move swiftly on several fronts to make cars that are, in both quality and cost, competitive with Japanese models. Currently, for example, Japanese automakers can turn out a vehicle for about $1,500 less than GM, Ford or Chrysler. At the same time, though Detroit's products are rapidly improving, the Japanese reputation for quality, as surveyed in publications like Consumer Reports, is generally higher among buyers...