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...traditional homecoming: being confined to the Marine base in Quantico, Va. But Douglas Beane, 39, who was facing a court-martial when he deserted the Marines in Viet Nam in 1970, is not a typical returning traveler. Arrested last December when he applied for a visa at a U.S. consulate in Australia, Beane won a court battle that allowed him to stay in that country. Instead, he voluntarily decided to return to the U.S. so he could visit his ailing father in West Rutland, Vt. But when he landed at Los Angeles airport, U.S. marshals arrested him, and the Marine...
...stump speeches. "They believe that the ideals and compassion and conviction to change the world that marked our youth is now nothing but a long-faded wisp of adolescence . . . But they have misjudged us." By no coincidence, the group that he implores "to put our own stamp on the face and character of America, to bend history just a bit" makes up an estimated 58% of next year's eligible voters...
Recognizing the challenge they face, business groups have mounted a full- court defense. Van Dongen's N.A.W. can delve into a computer bank that lists 10,000 members who have ranked how well they know legislators on a scale from "slightly" to "very well." The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, meanwhile, is organizing a mammoth letter-writing campaign to Congress. Its message: the raft of legislation would drive up business costs while American companies are already losing markets to foreign competitors...
Other cities, like New York and Detroit, face a similar problem, but it is most acute in the Los Angeles area. Steep rentals and a dearth of public housing have combined with a surging population to push people into makeshift shelters. Some fear that, given the fact that poverty is slowly increasing in the U.S. while the quantity of low-cost housing is shrinking, the L.A. trend may be the wave of the future for the nation's working poor...
Nervousness swept through world financial markets as President Reagan announced Paul Volcker was stepping down as Federal Reserve Board chairman. For eight years, the central banker has literally and figuratively towered over his peers. His soft- spoken successor will face increasing political pressure as the 1988 presidential election draws near. See ECONOMY & BUSINESS...