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...Leader Jesse Jackson. RIZZO IS NEXT read a banner at the victory celebration. Indeed, if Wilson Goode, now well ahead, beats former Mayor Frank Rizzo in next month's primary in Philadelphia and goes on to become mayor, the leaders of four of the nation's six largest cities will be black, an impressive buildup of political muscle...
...frustrations sometimes flare into violence. Late last month, Vietnamese troops began their annual offensive in Kampuchea to flush out the estimated 45,000 armed rebels opposed to the Hanoi-backed government of President Heng Samrin. Vietnamese soldiers destroyed Phnom Chat, a border village sympathetic to the Khmer Rouge, the largest of the guerrilla groups, then pulverized O Samach, a settlement 70 miles to the northeast that served as an outpost for the 30,000 followers of Prince Norodom Sihanouk. During the blitz, however, the Vietnamese aimed their fire not only at the insurgents but at unarmed civilians in both Kampuchea...
IRAs can also be offered by mutual funds, insurance companies or credit unions, but banks and savings and loans have grabbed off the largest share of the business, and last week they were drawing big crowds too. California's Bank of America, which opened about 50,000 new accounts during March, had 64,000 applications in just the first two weeks of April. At New York's Chase Manhattan, activity last week was five times as great as in January and February. Observed Vice President Brian Holland: "Human nature being what it is, people seem to wait until...
...vote to accept the three-and-a-half-year contract is a reflection to the fact that they are in fact, down to their last penny and needed to get back to work Jim O Connor president of UAW local 974 in Peoria said Friday. His local is the largest of 10 UAW locals at Caterpillar plants in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa. Ohio Pennsylvania and Tennessee...
...corporation agreed to pay the Ferrises $7000 a month for twenty years or for the rest of Andrea's life, whichever is longer, increasing 6 percent a year. If Andrea lives until she is 77, the total payment will come to $119 million, which would make it the largest malpractice payment ever...