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...That plea, and others like it, was being heeded across the country. There was no indication that the nation's ghettos would erupt in anger and in grief as they had after the assassination of King. For one thing, times have changed; despite high unemployment among blacks, basic community relations in many cities are somewhat better than they were in the 1960s. For another, Jordan, though widely respected, does not have King's evangelical, emotional appeal to the black masses. Far from serving as the symbol of black aspirations, Jordan plays a conciliatory role, bridging the gap between...
...members of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) arrested this April in connection with a demonstration outside Cambridge's public high school had their cases continued this week without a change of the "not guilty" plea...
...number expected-on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol. "We want jobs," they chanted. One placard read: HELP FOR CHRYSLER WHAT ABOUT US? The demonstration was preceded by a week of hard lobbying by Jackson, during which he met with President Carter to make a direct plea for more youth job funding. "We have a real depression in the black community," said Jackson...
...Iacocca wanted a "gentleman's agreement" with the Japanese to cut back exports; Ford's chairman, Philip Caldwell, and the U.A.W.'s Fraser wanted still tougher restrictions; GM's Murphy opposed forcing a halt in imports from Japan. In the midst of his plea for pressure on the Japanese, Fraser looked across the polished table and saw Murphy about to start a rebuttal. Said the U.A.W. leader puckishly: "Now, Tom, keep quiet. I didn't interrupt...
...Scott Air Force Base, the Military Airlift Command dispatched C-141 Starlifters and C-130 Hercules cargo craft to carry ambulances, trucks, tents and even a mobile hospital to the refugee centers. Field kitchens, showers and 27 tons of C rations were flown in. Carter yielded to the plea of Florida Governor Bob Graham and the state's Congressmen and declared a state of emergency in Southern Florida. That will enable local authorities to be repaid from federal funds for their emergency help to the refugees. The President also made $10 million available from a refugee emergency fund...