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Roberson, 59, is one of a determined band of women in this small unincorporated hamlet 20 miles east of New Iberia. Most of the 150 houses have antiquated wiring and leaking roofs; few public services reach places like Four Corners. As the cane industry became mechanized, many people lost jobs that their families had held for generations. The average annual family income in this town of 400 is below...
Life appeared grim until March 1989, when the directors of the Southern Mutual Help Association, a New Iberia-based organization that has been working for 22 years to improve the lives of sugarcane workers, met with 15 of Four Corners' women and offered to help them help themselves. The women founded the Four Corners Self Help Housing Committee and pledged to work together to rebuild their lives. The five-year project has not only shored up the homes but has also created a sense of accomplishment among the residents. "We held up a mirror to them, so that they could...
...airline workers worldwide, from machinists in Kansas City to flight attendants in Amsterdam, have lost their jobs since January. USAir, which reported $221 million in losses for the fourth quarter, last week laid off 3,600 workers. Belgium's national airline, Sabena, and Spain's flagship carrier, Iberia, each announced plans to eliminate more than 2,000 jobs. British Airways, which suffered a 72% profit decline last quarter, cut 4,600 jobs while mothballing five Boeing planes worth $1.5 billion...
...being part of a group that has 'done it all.' " Many intellectuals are outraged. Political scientist Andrew Hacker of Queens College lambastes a task-force suggestion that children be taught how "Native Americans were here to welcome new settlers from Holland, Senegal, England, Indonesia, France, the Congo, Italy, China, Iberia." Asks Hacker: "Did the Indians really welcome all those groups? Were they at Ellis Island when the Italians started to arrive? This is not history but a myth intended to bolster the self-esteem of certain children and, just possibly, a platform for advocates of various ethnic interests...
...arms that included the ultimate boom box: a portable radio packed with a plastic explosive so cleverly concealed that the radio still worked. The wire detonator was fashioned to look under X rays like the radio's antenna. Israelis say the group had planned to blow up an Iberia Airlines flight carrying tourists to Israel...