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...longer talking about a labor dispute," charged Police Chief Donald $ Hoffman in Austin, Minn. "We're talking about an out-and-out riot." He was referring to the worst outbreak of violence in the eight-month-old strike against George A. Hormel & Co., one of the nation's largest meat- packers. Although operations resumed in January with nonunion workers and the strike seemed increasingly futile, some 350 demonstrators last week tried to block access to the plant. When more than 100 police tried to clear the way for workers, the clash erupted, with officers propelling tear gas and demonstrators spraying...
...getting new wheels. The U.S. Postal Service disclosed last week that it will buy a fleet of modernistic aluminum vans from Bethpage, N.Y.-based Grumman to replace the familiar red-white-and-blue AM General Jeeps and trucks that deliver mail on U.S. streets. The $1.1 billion contract, the largest vehicle purchase in Postal Service history, calls for 99,150 new vans to hit the road between...
...Hands Across America, a 4,000-mile chain of hand-holding Americans planned for May 25 and supported by nearly 1,000 celebrities. "The largest number of celebrities ever assembled," says the proud promoter. Prince, we are told, has "bought" Mile 1. Walter Payton has a mile of his own. And Oprah Winfrey has declared, "My mile will be for people who can't * afford the $10 (standing fee). No rich people in my mile." Ah, the little people...
...arrived in ancient Lahore, the home of the Punjabis, who dominate the military and bureaucratic elite that rules Pakistan. The political risk paid handsome dividends. Benazir Bhutto, 32, was greeted by hundreds of thousands of frenzied supporters, who enveloped her motorcade and staged a daylong demonstration that was the largest display in memory of discontent with the military government of President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq. "Zia is a dog," chanted the demonstrators again and again. "We love Benazir...
...American Vice President George Bush, displayed the impressive might of a Saudi Arabian air force that has been largely trained and equipped by the U.S. Yet the show of strength was also a reminder of the dangers that confront Saudi Arabia, a fabulously wealthy kingdom that sits atop the largest proven oil reserves on earth. Faced with plunging revenues at home and increasingly ominous military threats abroad, the Saudis are passing through anxious times. Declared King Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz last month in a nationwide address: "We are surrounded by the most critical conditions we have ever faced...