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...retired minister and local president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. But "you have to give Sheriff Wells credit for the discreet and appropriate way he handled this," said the Rev. A.L. Brackett, pastor of the all-black, 400-member St. Paul Baptist Church in downtown Union. "He didn't drag in all the black men who could have fit the description...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death and Deceit | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

Rent control supporters, about 160 of whom gathered at SOCC's downtown Boston headquarters, repeated their assertions that Question 9 will displace elderly and low- and moderate-income tenants. "This will be absolutely devastating." Michael H. Turk, co-chair of the Cambridge Tenants Union, said last night. "It will end up turning Cambridge into an upper-income suburban enclave...

Author: By Sewell Chan, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Rent Control Headed for Defeat | 11/9/1994 | See Source »

...served by the most powerful Congressman in America. A few years ago, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers considered moving its regional operations from Walla Walla to Portland or Seattle; instead, the corps' asbestos-ridden, World War II-era barracks is being replaced with a shining $10 million building downtown. Attempts by federal budget cutters to close Walla Walla's underused Veterans Affairs Medical Center met a similar end. And an hour north of town, $94 million in federal money is flowing into the widening of a dangerous stretch of highway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tom Foley: The Price of Pork | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

...campaign. While other lawmakers were rushing for the ! first flight home after the close of the congressional session, the Speaker lingered around Washington for five precious days. A prominent Democrat was startled to encounter Foley enjoying a leisurely workout at the exclusive, oak-paneled University Club in downtown Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tom Foley: The Price of Pork | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

After police shot and killed a black man in the course of an arrest in Lexington, Kentucky, an angry crowd of black protesters took to downtown streets to overturn cars and pelt police and passersby with rocks and bottles. A quick show of force by police in riot gear contained the disturbance. Authorities later announced an fbi investigation into the shooting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week October 23-29 | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

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