Word: philadelphia
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Eric W. Johnson Philadelphia...
...York, June 8--Two Harvard hockey players were picked in the annual National Hockey League draft. The Calgary Flames selected Crimson goalie Grant Blair in the sixth round and the Philadelphia Flyers tapped incoming freshman Allen Bourbeau in the fourth. A star at Acton-Boxboro High School, Bourbeau led Massachusetts in scoring in his senior year...
...newspaper readers in New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia, the ad that promised a 50? saving on purchases of Essent Shampoo was nothing special. But to police authorities, it was the largest sting operation ever organized against coupon crooks...
...businesses still open are deeply in debt. Sales of Rodacarga Co., a maker of materials-handling equipment, shrank from $20 million to less than $5 million as the peso became worth less and less and the austerity program began taking hold. A loan the company has from Philadelphia's Girard Bank now exceeds its entire peso capital. The firm's order backlog, usually nine months, has dropped to four. Company President Carlos Lopez has been forced to close down two of his company's three plants and lay off 362 of his 509 workers...
...Leon Sullivan, a Black civil rights activist and leader of one of Philadelphia's large Black churches, was appointed to the General Motors board of directors in 1971. Initially, Sullivan used his position to press for the withdrawal of G.M. and other U.S. companies from South Africa. By 1975 Sullivan had failed to persuade a single company to withdraw so he decided to change tactics and encourage companies to commit themselves to the abolishment of apartheid. In March 1977, Sullivan released a "Statement of Principles" for companies operating in South Africa, Originally endorsed by 12 farms, the Principles now have...