Word: patrick
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...baffling one. The most prominent guerrilla group, the Patriotic Front headed by Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe, denied responsibility, though most white Rhodesians felt the Front-or some segment of it-was implicated. Blaming guerrillas whom he did not identify, the black Archbishop of Salisbury, the Most Rev. Patrick Chakaipa, called the mass murder "an evil act that makes a mockery of the ideals these people profess to serve." In Rhodesia, as in South Africa, the Catholics have often opposed the ruling white regime but nonetheless have been caught in the crossfire. Only two months ago, a retired bishop...
Occasionally, a good story crops up, like that of Patrick Sweeney, assistant majority leader of the Ohio State Senate. Sweeney, an ex-Golden Gloves champ, catches a thief stealing his camera out of his car, chases him down and beats him up. When he decides to press charges, the arresting officer tells him that he wishes Sweeney had killed the poor thief--it's easier to make out a homicide report than an arrest record. Sweeney shows up in court promptly at 9 a.m. the next day. He gets heard five hours later, and walks out to find...
...Patrick also accuses Miller of a more unpardonable sin. "Arnold has betrayed the movement for democracy in the union," says Patrick. "He's behaving like a dictator." Miller has recently shown a draconian side, abruptly dismissing several top aides, beefing up security at the union's Washington headquarters and insisting that everyone, including Patrick, clear all travel with him. When one of Miller's secretaries was suspected of political plotting with Patrick, the door to her office was removed. (It has since been restored...
Miller is the favorite in the race, though not by a wide margin. Patrick is a charismatic speaker who will attract a large number of young miners disenchanted with Miller's leadership. Patterson will pick up the sizable bloc (better than 40% of the vote in 1972) that supported Boyle. What worries union progressives is the possibility of a split vote between Miller and Patrick that would give the election to Patterson. "That will return us to the dark ages," says one Patrick supporter...
...industry. The present one expires in December, and no one is sanguine about the prospects for a peaceful settlement. Campaign rhetoric will inflate demands in a union already talking up a 25% wage increase for the first year alone. "We've never gotten anything without a strike," says Patrick. "I don't see any way to avoid one this year." If that is so, the nation will get an unpleasant Christmas present from the coal fields...