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...country of millions, what I say doesn't make much difference to anyone else. But what I have witnessed in the past week makes me feel somewhat sorry that I am even the small part of it that I am. I have seen my city, the fifth largest in the U.S., reduced by one-sixth its original size. Not by a tornado or flood, or any other act of nature or God, but because of people who somehow seemed to lose every bit of their sanity and proceeded to loot, burn and murder innocent citizens...
Painfully Aware. Reagan's biggest legislative victory was, ironically, passage of the largest tax increase in any state at any time. The additional $933 million in taxes-mainly from increased levies on income, sales, corporate and bank profits, cigarettes and liquor-was considered essential by Reagan to pay for state programs already budgeted. When Unruh and several Democratic leaders suggested that income taxes be deducted directly from paychecks, Reagan opposed them and won by arguing that the taxpayers should pay in one annual bite and thus be kept painfully aware of the cost of government...
Downtown Landing. Shaped like a stubby blimp with wings, the 78-ft. Breguet 941 can carry 60 people or ten tons of cargo - 51 tons more than Cana da's de Havilland Caribou, the largest operational STOL-type transport. At 270 m.p.h., it also flies faster than any helicopter and has a greater maximum range: 500 miles. Developed as a mil itary assault transport, it can land fully loaded at speeds as slow as 55 m.p.h...
...million earmarked for the new building is just a small part of the $50 million which the Children's Hospital has been attempting to raise for development and expansion. This fund drive is the largest ever undertaken by any pediatric hospital...
State Negro leaders have not endorsed their favorite candidate to avoid alienating his white supporters. Although Negroes plan no bloc voting, State Treasurer William Winter and Jackson District Attorney William Waller have the largest Negro support. But if Winter, who is the nearest thing to a moderate, does get the bulk of the Negro vote in the first primary, he may lose much white support in the two-man runoff. A runoff is inevitable because no candidate is close to a majority...