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...decades ago, the land around Ciudad Juárez, situated just south of El Paso, Texas, was occupied by tumbleweeds, a few head of cattle and a little cotton. But in 1965 the Mexican government decided to stimulate jobs in the northern region by relaxing its laws against foreign ownership of factories and reducing import taxes on raw materials. This has enabled U.S. companies to build so-called twin plants, one north of the border and the other south. A typical company manufactures its materials in the U.S. plant, sends them to the Mexican factory for assembly and then returns...
...sent out pink slips to some 70% of Atari's remaining U.S. work force of 1,100, leaving a skeleton crew of no more than 300 engineers, financial and marketing people and clerks. Atari's manufacturing facilities will be shifted and consolidated. One center in El Paso will be moved to Sunnyvale, and Atari's software production will be relocated to Taiwan...
...both fun and profit, Armand Hammer, 86, diversified his legendary business acumen into Arabian horses five years ago. The two top stallions of his 94-horse stable are the U.S.S.R.'s Pesniar and Poland's El Paso, both plucked from behind the Iron Curtain with the Occidental Petroleum chairman's patented blend of bucks and brass. Poland's Wojciech Jaruzelski at first refused to sell El Paso, which he called "a national treasure," but a million dollars from Hammer helped change the Premier's mind. Hammer was in Florida last week for a show...
...form coalitions to exert pressure. Despite some Black leaders contention that undocumented workers take jobs from poor Blacks, every Black congressman stood with the Hispanic lobby. (Last week, members of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) welcomed Rev. Jesse L. Jackson at their annual convention in El Paso...
...usually culprits, but Vincente Sotelo is both. Sotelo, 29, unwittingly caused what some U.S. scientists are calling the worst nuclear accident ever in North America. As a result, he and 200 other residents of Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican town just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, are undergoing long-term tests for possible radiation poisoning, a condition that could result in genetic damage or cancer. Although Mexican authorities have been playing down the crisis, the people of Ciudad Juárez are the potential victims of exposure to dangerous levels of radiation...