Word: detroit
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Ficano said the good father has been observed at disaster sites in at least seven other states. Although Irish has not been charged with a crime and Brimmell denies using anyone to solicit business, Detroit authorities are investigating whether the "priest" committed fraud...
...bereaved relatives huddled in shock and grief at Detroit Metropolitan Airport last month after the Northwest Airlines crash that killed 156 people, the Rev. John Irish, a Roman Catholic priest, was on hand to console them. And, apparently, to con them. Last week Detroit authorities said that Irish, who was dressed in a black suit and clerical collar, was actually a veteran ambulance chaser posing as a priest to steer business to a Florida lawyer named Ronald Brimmell. Says Wayne County Sheriff Robert Ficano: "He would try to win the confidence of victims' families, and then say, 'I have this...
...Antonio, where he was expected to offer special recognition to the nation's burgeoning and overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Hispanic minority, now numbered at 18.8 million. His rhapsodic welcome was expected to continue, with exceptions: there was talk of significant protests by gays and feminists in San Francisco and Detroit. Whatever other distinctly American dissonance John Paul may face down the road, though, his conciliatory mission was off to a promising -- and uplifting -- start...
FOOTNOTE: *Last week's itinerary covered Miami, Columbia, S.C., and New Orleans. This week's stops: San Antonio, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Monterey, Calif., San Francisco and Detroit, plus a visit to northern Canada...
...high as that sounds, the sum the Reids paid for their home is not all that unusual in the U.S. of 1987. In suburban developments from Newport Beach in California to West Bloomfield near Detroit and from North Stamford, Conn., to the Buckhead area of Atlanta, luxury houses that start at $500,000 and run well over $1 million are sprouting in unprecedented numbers. Reason: the unusually long five-year-old economic expansion and the record-breaking stock market advance have rapidly swelled the ranks of the rich. Says Ray Gentile, a builder on Long Island's North Shore...