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...main opponent of these groups is a fledgling lobby called Handgun Control Inc., which was founded by former Du Pont Executive Nelson Shields III after his 23-year-old son became a victim of San Francisco's "Zebra" killings in 1974. In the wake of the murders last December of Musician John Lennon and Author-Cardiologist Michael Halberstam,* membership jumped from 90,000 to 130,000. Sacks of mail, including donations, were arriving last week at the organization's Washington headquarters in response to ads taken out after the Reagan shooting. Handgun Control...
...elite corps of corporate chieftains. Not content to leave the lobbying to hired hands, members of the Business Roundtable, composed of chief executive officers from some 200 major corporations, personally trod White House and congressional corridors to press for business tax breaks or to protest nitpicking Government regulations. Du Pont Chairman Irving Shapiro, General Motors Chairman Thomas Murphy, Chase Manhattan Chairman David Rockefeller and General Electric Chairman Reginald Jones became almost as familiar around the capital as the Marine Band, promoting not only tax relief for their companies but also job programs and reforms of the legal system. Says Shapiro...
...Christine Papin killed their employer, Mme. Lancelin, and her daughter. Kesselman has retained the names of the sisters, but otherwise the play is very much her own. The playwright focuses on mother-daughter relationships, intimate sisterly affection and a rigid class structure that borders on the feudal droit du seigneur...
...city council will consider the committee's recommendations in the coming months, along with the specific budgetary recommendations of the city manager. TABLE A SUMMARY: THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM FOR FY 82 INCREASES IN COSTS AND LOSSES IN REVENUE 1. Uncontrol table items a. Losses in Tax Revenue Du to Proposition 2 1/2 $14.70 million* b. Increased Assessments Charped to the City $ 0.84 million c. Increased Pension Costs $ 0.40 million d. Increased Unemployment Benefits $ 0.23 million e. Changes in State Aid $ --- million! f. Changes in Federal Aid $ --- million! 2. Nominally Controllable Items a. Wage and Salary Increases $ 4.75 million...
...artists, devoting their time to painting and sculpture. Galleries take chances with unknowns, although there are so many artists that it is still difficult to get a showing. Those still developing pack the art schools, including the famous Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Ecole de Louvre. The Ecole du Louvre, housed in the spacious museum along the Seine, even offers short summer sessions to the public for about $25 (all classes are conducted entirely in French...