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Maxine does not weep easily. Her soft auburn curls and sparkling blue eyes mask the mind of a prosecutor. She grew up in bloody Harlan County, Ky., the daughter of a union lawyer twice marked for assassination. Maxine's mother shot three men she thought were after him. One afternoon Maxine walked into her home-town Harlan Enterprise and, as she recalls, "told them I knew everything that went on in the county, and they ought to hire me." They did not. She was five years...
...Brian Lihani Lexington, Ky...
...first estimated. Unemployment rose to 7.9% in October from 7.8% in September, and layoffs are still spreading. General Electric Co., for example, disclosed last week that after Thanksgiving it will start laying off 8,500 of the 13,300 hourly workers in its Appliance Park complex at Louisville, Ky. Though no one can yet predict how strong Christmas buying will be, retail sales in October rose a mere .3%, to $54.1 billion-less than $100 million above the level of June...
Pearl Robertson Lexington, Ky...
University law student, thought that Carter benefited mostly "because of the improvement factor-he was so much better than in the first debate." Marie Doyle, 54, associate superintendent of public schools in Jefferson County, Ky., said: "I feel more positive about Carter now. He seemed more relaxed, more responsive. There was a sparkle in his eyes that wasn't there before." Lawyer Steve Meyers, 33, of Santa Monica, Calif, thought Carter "sounded like a leader; Ford sounded whiny and picky." Steven Carpenter, 27, a supervisor at an Indianapolis medical laboratory, complained, "Ford just rested on his laurels...