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...trio-made up of Granberg, a retired New York state investigator; Salvatore Rignola, a New York City fire marshal; and Julian Farriel, a house painter-were buffeted by bruising ocean tides. Rignola and Farriel would later tell the authorities that Granberg, 6 ft. 4 in. and 275 lbs., offered to change places with Rignola, who was perched precariously in the middle. As Granberg stood up, his friends said, his foot slipped on the wet seat, and he vanished overboard...
...state and local primaries this month, the voter-registration effort has been the largest and most successful since the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. An estimated 40,000 new voters were registered since May, increasing black registration by about 11%. Aiding the effort were Georgia State Senator Julian Bond, Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and Martin Luther King III, son of the slain civil rights leader. And, of course, Jesse Jackson, who staged a three-day barnstorming car caravan through the Delta country to spark a record black turnout in the primaries...
...House of Representatives, agree. Says Mickey Leland of Texas, who is supporting Mondale: "Democrats need someone with winnability." Leland has vowed to confront Jackson personally and urge him not to run: "I'm going to let my blood flow in the streets on this one." Caucus Chairman Julian Dixon of California opposes Jackson for more personal reasons: "He suffers from a lack of follow-through. He's never demonstrated a strong administrative leadership role...
...dollar fetched 8.06 French francs at the start of the week, the highest rate in more than 60 years, and also commanded 2.68 deutsche marks, a nine-year high. "The dollar's bandwagon was rolling at such a speed that it seemed that nothing could stop it," said Julian Snyder, editor of a newsletter that follows international money markets...
...fabulous," says California Congressman Tony Coelho, chairman of the Democratic congressional campaign committee. "It's a big plus." Privately, however, many Democrats, including black politicians, are ambivalent at best. "I can't see any benefit to be derived from a black candidacy," says Georgia State Senator Julian Bond. "If I could, I'd be persuaded...