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Even a moderate like Jordan was a target. In 1980 a white supremacist took aim with a .30-06 rifle and shot him in the back in a motel parking lot in Fort Wayne, Ind. The crime was committed at 2 a.m. as Jordan, who had delivered a speech on race relations earlier that night, was arriving back at his motel with a blond divorce who had been entertaining him at her home. It was explained that Jordan and the woman had been up late discussing racial issues...
...until just before the Christmas break that Henry Fassbender, shaper of ninth-grade minds at P.S. 117 in Huntington, Ind., finally found a moment to inspect the Amistad learning kit for himself. It had been sent to the school by overnight mail from DreamWorks, and the whole history department was aflutter. The graphics were compelling, the subject matter gripping, but as Henry sat in the faculty lounge carefully perusing the glossy pages, his heart began to sink. He could see his upcoming vacation unraveling with every page--victim to the unbearable lightness of a Hollywood learning...
...riverboat cruise out of Hannibal, Mo.; a bluegrass band picking in a park in Danville, Ky.; a turreted 1898 Victorian near Nappanee, Ind., that just sold for $136,500--these are the warm enticements that draw suburbanites to small towns. But before such lures can work their magic, the towns must remake themselves into places where people want to live. To learn how, more than 1,200 communities since 1980 have turned to the National Main Street Center, a branch of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Best known for its work protecting landmarks, the trust also deserves credit...
NAPPANEE, IND...
When he started looking for international opportunities eight years ago, Barden had had a long career in the U.S. His holding company, Barden Companies, is involved in riverboat gambling (aboard a vessel operating out of Gary, Ind.) and owns radio stations in Illinois, a computer-assisted learning company in Tucson, Ariz., and a construction company building housing projects in Detroit. Last year these businesses racked up sales of $93 million. But Barden had no foreign contacts...