Word: petersons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...search might be imminent, as Councillor Henry F. Owens III, a black attorney, agreed to abandon his support for James Johnson, the black deputy City Manager of Kansas City, Mo., and join with the other four Cambridge Civic Association (CCA)--endorsed councillors in appointing Howard C. Peterson to the post...
...Peterson, former City Administrator of New Brunswick, N.J., had been picked as the CCA candidate following a lengthy selection procedure in which aspirants were screened by a panel of community leaders. But Owens, who expressed anger because no blacks were included among the finalists, was told by the other CCA councillors to find his own qualified candidate for the job. He returned with Johnson...
Johnson elicited a positive response from the citizens' panel and the other CCA councillors--but not as favorable as Peterson. Mayor Barbara Ackermann labeled Johnson a "B-minus" candidate...
...this point Owens joined with the four independent councillors, who are satisfied with incumbent manager John H. Corcoran, and refused to vote to request Corcoran's resignation while Peterson remained heir-apparent...
...investors must have thought that the figure came from Brezhnev himself. In three days of frenzied trading, Occidental's stock shot up from 11⅞ to 18¼. Then the puff turned into poof. Arriving in Moscow for major trade talks, Commerce Secretary Peter G. Peterson said of the Occidental agreement: "It is premature to call it a commercial deal." Occidental's stock promptly dropped to 15½ and closed the week at 15¼. Even so, President Nixon, who favors joint ventures between U.S. and Soviet enterprises, summoned Hammer upon his return for a private 45-minute...