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...poor and the deprived and the unemployed in this country," a reference to the mass suicide in Guyana in 1978 in which the deadly potion was a soft drink laced with cyanide. After Kirkland made the characterization at the AFL-CIO's executive council meeting in Bal Harbour, Fla., last week, Vice President George Bush, a visitor at the session, accused him of "groping for a headline...
...locations of two other training camps that he purportedly runs in Florida? Wink. Can he provide the names of any of the former U.S. Army Special Forces officers he allegedly employs as instructors? Wink. How about a visit to Gonzalez's putative paratrooper school in Fort Myers, Fla.? He would like to oblige, but... Wink...
...down to the corner for five minutes." Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger received a call from his Italian counterpart, Lelio Lagorio, who speaks little English. Weinberger, who speaks little Italian, broke the language barrier with an exultant "Magnifico!" Answered Lagorio happily: "Si! Si!" In Dozier's home town, Arcadia, Fla., (pop. 6,047), townspeople draped century-old oaks with yellow ribbons and declared a day of celebration in honor of their native...
...weeks ago high-level trade officials from the U.S., Canada, the European Community and Japan held two days of meetings in Key Biscayne, Fla. One of the messages of the session was a warning to Japan's Minister of Trade and Industry, Shintaro Abe, that his country must open its market to more imports. Abe replied that Japan would take "drastic" action before the end of the month to make it easier for the U.S. and other countries to sell their products in Japan...
DIED. Edward Simmons ("Ned") Irish, 76, founder and past president of the New York Knickerbockers basketball team, who was also largely responsible for promoting college basketball into a major arena sport; of a heart attack; in Venice, Fla. In 1934 he launched the first regular-season college basketball doubleheader at New York's Madison Square Garden, and went on to run its successful college basketball program. In 1946 Irish helped set up what eventually became the National Basketball Association...