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Arkansas vs. Mercer, late...
...human health and welfare and controlling the proliferation of its source constitute a great advance over boosting the production of a dangerously flawed system. By resisting the pressure from other nations to push ahead on nuclear energy, the U.S. is the champion, not the black sheep. Eric Gellert Mercer Island, Wash...
Betty J. DeVito, a mother of seven from Mercer, Pa., was an ebullient woman who explained she was drawn to politics the day she heard Harry Truman speak from the caboose of a campaign train when she was 13. In New York, she got up every morning at 6:30 and was busy being a Carter delegate far into the night, even though her feet were swollen, and she figured it would cost her $700 to attend the convention, and she had to take a week off from her job without...
...1960s, Trenton began to stir again. Mayor Arthur Holland decided to try to restore the now dilapidated Mercer Street as the "Georgetown of Trenton." Hearing about the revival, E.J. began visiting the area again and three years ago bought a three-story row house at 126 Mercer Street for $4,500. "Always, always, I wanted to get back to Trenton," she told friends. "It's the best of all worlds. The neighbors are concerned about each other. Living on Mercer Street is perfect for me." She spent $70,000 to restore the 200-year-old house...
...pleased, the heavyset, attractive blond worked as executive secretary of the Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra, served as vice president of the Friends of the New Jersey State Museum, and sat on the board of the Salvation Army. Her restoration work almost completed, E.J., 37, finally moved into her Mercer Street home last September. She told friends: "I want to see Trenton regain its dignity...