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Jean V. Poulard Michigan City, Ind...
...watched TV and, with a nurse's assistance, even stood briefly. Vernon Jordan, president of the National Urban League, was making a slow but steady recovery from gunshot wounds that felled him in the parking lot of the Marriott Inn in Fort Wayne, Ind. But the police and FBI were making little progress last week in tracking down the would-be killer of the civil rights leader...
Only five hours after he delivered this warning-and affirmation of faith in his country-Vernon Jordan, 44, president of the National Urban League and one of the nation's foremost black leaders, drove back to the Marriott Inn where he was staying in Fort Wayne, Ind. As he stepped from the fire-engine red Pontiac Grand Prix, a burst of rifle shots shattered the muggy night. Jordan slumped against the trunk of the car, then collapsed on the pavement, his head resting near the left taillight. He was alive, but he had been grievously wounded by two bullets...
Bankers believe it will also take further drops in interest rates before consumers start taking out more loans. Says Robert W. Renner, chairman of the Citizens State Bank in Hartford City (pop. 8,000), Ind.: "I really think we're going to have to get down to the 12% to 13% range before the typical consumer comes back to see us." The Citizens State Bank last week made only one auto loan at 17.5% interest. A year ago, it was making twelve to 14 such loans a week...
...source said subcommittee members Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), who appears to favor registration, and Sen. Harrison Schmidt (R-N.J.), against registration, are wavering...