Word: houston
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Corporate help to public education is on the rise elsewhere. In Houston, 42 companies are working with 37 schools; in Los Angeles 103 firms, including such giants as ARCO and Prudential Insurance Co. of America, have befriended 115 institutions. The aid can come in the form of monetary contributions, donated supplies or volunteer teachers. Programs ranee from field trips for the underprivileged to lessons in offshore engineering for the gifted. In Boston, the Bank of New England donated $300,000 for a five-year program to recognize and reward outstanding teachers. In Atlanta, Rich's department store has helped...
...Mdwaukee Hoewers, leading 3.2 are maposition tow tap up baseball's 79th World songs fought in St. Louis in game 6 at x 2 p.m. The Brewers Don Sutton, 4.2 since coming next from Houston on Aug. 30, will face Cardmal rookie John Stupor 1971 make match of came...
...percentage of U.S. unemployed reached double digits. Black unemployment crept above 20%, and for blue-collar workers the rate jumped from 14.2% to 15.6%. Among construction workers, unemployment rose to 22.6%. Friday was even given a nickname in advance: "Double-D-Day." Said Richard Murray, a University of Houston political scientist: "This has been the most anticipated number in American politics. I've never seen so much ballyhoo...
Analysts also blamed the defeat on the public posturing of Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca, 57, who has been working vigorously to convince car buyers and investors that the company is again sound. At Chrysler's new-car introduction in Houston last month, for example, Iacocca boasted that the firm had accumulated a $1 billion hoard of cash and securities. Said he: "That's the most cash we've had on hand in the history of the company." Said David Healy, of Drexel Burnham Lambert: "The popular opinion is that Iacocca's blabbing about the billion dollars...