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DIED. ARTHUR FLETCHER, 80, adviser to G.O.P. Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and George H.W. Bush, dubbed the "father of affirmative action"; in Washington. A onetime defensive end for the Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams, he developed the so-called Revised Philadelphia Plan as Nixon's Assistant Labor Secretary. Based on an earlier effort to diversify that city's racist construction unions, his was the first workable outline for affirmative action and became the blueprint for subsequent programs. He later ran the United Negro College Fund, where he coined the slogan "A mind is a terrible thing to waste...
Last night the Lobsters lost to Patrick Rafter and the Philadelphia Freedoms at Bright by a score of 22-17, bringing the Lobsters’ overall record to 3-5 with six matches left to play in the season...
...Philadelphia, Penn...
Sources: Washington Post (2); AP (4); Philadelphia Inquirer; San Francisco Chronicle
...difference now is that Southerners are finally dominating the only American music that didn't originate in their backyard. And that's a reason to get crunk. By Desa Philadelphia...