Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that soaring rhetoric on peace that comes prepackaged with a presidential tour abroad, the nation's destiny-and Ford's-ultimately rests on what happens in New York, Detroit, Chicago and even Burbank...
...that they be. Many of the hard-liners are liberal Democrats. New York City's Elizabeth Holtzman still demands that anybody guilty of political repression in Viet Nam be barred from settling in the U.S. But just what constitutes "guilt"-and how to prove it-is highly debatable. Detroit's John Conyers hangs tough for strict regulation of the refugee influx because his unemployed constituents are concerned that the Vietnamese will increase the competition for jobs. The other major log jam is the lack of sponsors. Up until now, 17,000 groups or individuals have agreed to help...
...otherwise. Helen Wood, a saleswoman for an Atlanta office-supply firm, spent her $139 check on children's bathing suits and some clothes for herself. A Pittsburgh mother of five says that she cashed her check and used it for food and household supplies-without telling her husband. Detroit Secretary Virginia Donohue is paying for dental work with her rebate. "It's a godsend," she exclaims...
Boardroom Detente. At length Gelsthorpe concluded that to stop the quarreling "it was imperative that this company bring in somebody not in any way involved in the events of the past months." His opponents agreed, and the board united to choose Booth and Detroit Investor Max M. Fisher, one of United Brands' biggest stockholders, who becomes acting chairman. In private, each faction still disparages the other; yet the rivals are at the same time happy with Booth's selection, because it means that neither side...
...testimony of Mrs. Sullivan and Mayor Daley obviously pleased Subcommittee Chairman John Conyers Jr., a liberal Democrat from Detroit. Conyers is convinced that effective gun control is an idea whose time is rapidly coming, if not already here. "I won't predict when," he said, "but the mood is for change. All the signs...