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...shoot a gun," says Joseph Mittelman. "We didn't know the last time, and look where it got us." Even the organization's president, Sy Alper, admits that more than sport is involved for many. "Citizen patrol groups come to us all the time, or a local merchant who has had his store broken into. The rich Jews don't understand that these people are genuinely concerned. Our group doesn't look for trouble, but if someone comes to us for help, we will never turn him away...
...Merchant of Funk. San Francisco's ex-brokers seem to have fared best. Four alumni of Merrill Lynch switched early last year from stock trading to stock feeding, forming the Western States Cattle Co. Unlike the whole herd of amateurs who have lost their hides in the tricky cattle business, these men quickly began to round up profits. Daniel Murray, Western's 30-year-old president, was a commodity broker with a wealth of experience working with feed-lot operators and cattle buyers. At his insistence, the firm limited its dealings to California, which has been untouched...
...bearded and bead-wearing proprietor of Old Stuff, San Francisco's most exclusive junk shop, which he bought in 1969. His inventory runs all the way from a 2nd century Roman glass vial to a vintage 1955 rubber Donald Duck. "My days are enjoyed as a merchant of funk," he boasts. "What I like about it is selling tangibles instead of intangibles...
Both of them were children of Russian Jewish parents. Lil's father was a successful merchant; he sold and repaired sewing machines. Nat's parents were poor. His father died when he was six, and his mother, who never learned English, had to work as a peddler to survive. She also had to send three of her seven children, including Nat, to an orphan asylum for six years...
...Four American ships still cruise from San Francisco and Los Angeles to southwest Pacific islands. Alaska and Mexico, but Matson Navigation Co. is unloading its two passenger ships on another line and going full steam into freight. The Government senses that the era of luxury liners is over: the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 finances the construction of 300 new merchant ships in the next decade, but does not even mention the passenger business...