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...Italian immigrants, Panetta grew up in Monterey, California, where his parents owned and ran a small cafe that served Calabrian fare to Army troops at Fort Ord. Panetta attended the University of Santa Clara for his undergraduate and law degrees and afterward joined the Army, serving in the intelligence branch. He came to Washington in 1966 as an aide to a Republican Senator and, after the 1968 election, became Richard Nixon's chief civil rights officer at the old Health, Education and Welfare Department. When Panetta aggressively sought to coerce Southern school districts into complying with court-ordered busing plans...
Some wineries have found ingenious ways to boost sales and instill brand loyalty. Traditionally, wineries have been financed by bank debt or their owners' wealth. Now a few vineyards are selling stock to the public. A pioneer example is the Chalone Wine Group. In addition to Chalone Vineyards near Monterey, Chalone owns Acacia, Carmenet and part of Edna Valley. Although the shares have never paid a dividend since they were first marketed in 1984, the 10,000 or so stockholders have become enthusiastic ambassadors for the group's wines. One reason: anyone who owns at least 100 shares is invited...
...Though he was later arrested and the uranium recovered, officials in Moscow are alarmed enough by continuing attempts that they have called for international monitoring of the nuclear trade. In the absence of adequate controls, proliferation is only a matter of time. "So far," says William Potter of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, "we have been extremely lucky...
...Monterey Park, Calif...
Klein, who grew up in Monterey, Mass., and attended Northfield Mt. Herman High School, was a first-year student and a pledge at the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity, said Charles H. Ball, an assistant director of the MIT news office. Klein would have been initiated into the fraternity in two weeks, Ball said...