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...DETROIT: At least seven people died late Wednesday when powerful thunderstorms ripped through the Midwest, uprooting trees and lifting homes off their foundations. In the wealthy Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe Farms, three children and two adults who sought shelter in a waterside gazebo were killed when strong winds swept the little building into the air and sent it crashing into Lake St. Clair. On the east side of Detroit, witnesses said a tornado lifted a house off its foundation and tossed it several feet into an alley. A 38-year-old woman from Mount Morris Township, near Flint...
HOSPITALIZED. VLADIMIR KONSTANTINOV, 30, popular defenseman for the Detroit Red Wings, which won the National Hockey League championship on June 7; with life-threatening head injuries after a car crash; in Royal Oak, Mich. Konstantinov, who came to Detroit in 1991 from the Soviet Central Red Army club, was a passenger in a limo driven by a man whose license had been revoked...
...DETROIT: Saying that Detroit Newspapers Inc. used unfair labor practices, a federal judge today ordered the company to reinstate striking workers to their former positions. The decision, handed down by Judge Thomas Wilks, is a major victory for the six union locals, which went on strike July 13, 1995 over contract issues. If the ruling stands up to future challenges, the company will be forced to reinstate all "unfair labor practice strikers" and displace any replacement workers hired since the initial walkout. Approximately 2,500 workers participated in the strike and about 1,200 replacement workers took their place soon...
...improving our environmental performance, practices and procedures in Mexico. More than complying with the law, GM is recognized by the Mexican government as a leader in this area. GM is interested in providing the medical and scientific opinions on this subject. Please write us at Maquiladora, P.O. Box 33122, Detroit, Mich. 48232. DENNIS R. MINANO Vice President, Corporate Affairs General Motors Corp. Detroit...
DIED. WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, 67, fiery priest who sparked hope in the bleak aftermath of Detroit's 1967 race riots by founding a hugely successful organization to feed and train the urban poor; of complications related to cancer; in Detroit. The once shaggy-haired cleric led Focus: HOPE while zipping about his parish on a Harley-Davidson...