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...lounge at the Baltimore-Washington airport, he put in a telephone call to Lane Kirkland, only to be told that he was away from his office. Mondale tried twice more, from the Columbus airport, and finally reached the AFL-CIO president. Mixing sternness with pleading, he told Kirkland to halt the flow of money that unions were funneling into Mondale's effort through supposedly independent groups called "delegate committees." Said the former Vice President: "I really have to make sure it's stopped...
Hart's PAC attack formed the focus for a broader assault on Mondale that Hart's strategists hope will halt what seems to be the front runner's inexorable march. Hart won last week in Vermont (46% to 33%) and Utah (51% to 20%), but Mondale holds a 1,135-to-605 lead in delegates; 1,967 are needed for the nomination. Hart's hard-line tactics are expected to continue through the next batch of primaries and caucuses, culminating with votes in Texas and Louisiana on May 5 and Ohio, Indiana, Maryland and North Carolina...
...several blocks ahead. Many who had made the mistake of thinking Jackson would keep his schedule had turned out early and been waiting four or even seven hours to greet their hero, but their spirits had not been dimmed. When a navy blue Chrysler New Yorker pulled to a halt and the candidate leaped out, the crowd surged over wooden police barricades chanting, "Win, Jesse, win!" Jackson, smiling broadly, strode into the throng, surrounded by apprehensive Secret Service agents who formed a circle around him; one kept a tight grip on the back of Jackson's raincoat so that...
...though a new killing ground had emerged for destroying U.S. toxic materials: the ocean. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has appeared to favor the burning at sea of deadly substances like PCBs, announced a preliminary decision to delay the issuance of operating permits for incinerator ships. The halt meant that three specially designed vessels were temporarily left high and dry. The move did not calm environmentalists, who are concerned about the fate of the oceans and the coastlines. Says EPA Director of Water Regulations and Standards Steven Schatzow: "The definition of 'backyard' has become much larger...
Steeper interest rates could bring the entire housing industry to a halt. The cost of a conventional, fixed-rate mortgage has been edging up: such loans averaged about 13.85% in March, compared with 13.69% a month earlier. Each percentage-point boost in mortgage prices knocks about 2.5 million potential buyers out of the housing market. Above a rate of 14%, moreover, only about one family in six can qualify for a mortgage. Says Ken Kerin, vice president for economics and research of the National Association of Realtors: "Our greatest fear is another notch up in mortgage rates. If they...