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As the mother of a handicapped child, Robin Groves manages to evoke no sympathy whatsoever. She henpecks her daughter constantly, never realizing that 15-year-old girls don't like being saddled with responsibility for little brothers. To protect her son from "giving up" she tries to shelter him from...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Misfire | 10/25/1985 | See Source »

Sauk Centre has 3,709 people, a number that has not changed much in 100 years. Says Betty Schmitz of the Chamber of Commerce: "We want growth to keep our children in town." But two of her five have already left, following a pattern set by the young over the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Minnesota: Birthday Bash for a Native Son | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

! Tina Bochart no longer answers the telephone at State Bank of Dannebrog, Neb., with a cheery "Good morning. State Bank." Instead, she simply says, "FDIC." Bochart, a former assistant cashier, goes on to explain that State Bank, the only bank in town, has folded and been taken over by the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caught in the Middle | 2/18/1985 | See Source »

IT TOOK the daring legislative move of a town in Illinois. Morton Groves, to teach the National Coalition to fight the NRA with its own weapons--at least on a legal front. Denied success at the federal and state levels, the Coalition has adopted Morton Groves' absolute ban on the...

Author: By J. ANDREW Mendelsohn, | Title: Taking Aim | 11/27/1984 | See Source »

It is more than sobering to note that several towns have reacted to Morton Groves' handgun ban by swinging to the opposite extreme. A 1982 law in Kennesaw, Georgia, requires the head of every household to possess a gun and ammunition. In fact, the town went so far as to...

Author: By J. ANDREW Mendelsohn, | Title: Taking Aim | 11/27/1984 | See Source »

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