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...possible $32 million in unclaimed assets that "could have belonged to European Jews or other non-Swiss residents." But the big bankers have been severely embarrassed by recent revelations that the Nazis stashed concentration camp gold in secret Swiss accounts, and that trade with this nominally neutral nation helped prop up Germany's war effort. Will $600 million make the bad publicity go away? Not if the victims of that war effort have anything to do with...
McCarthy said HUPD will step up security in the next few days as students move out of their dorms. He said theft is a particular threat at this time of year when students prop doors open to drag boxes out of their dorms...
Students were protesting Carnesale's refusal to take a stand opposing Prop. 209, a contentious law which man- dates the termination of all state-runaffirmative action programs in California...
...anti-Carnesale sentiment has not beenthe only one voiced on campus. Outside theinauguration building on Friday, pro-Carnesale andpro-Prop. 209 students also demonstrated...
Around the U.S., labor and Democrats are taking Prop. 226 very seriously. Bill Clinton has spoken against it. Party leaders are worried that labor's focus on 226 is claiming money that would otherwise go to Democrats in this year's midterm congressional elections. The AFL-CIO has pledged to raise $13 million to fight the initiative. That's nearly half the $28 million it plans to spend on the entire midterm campaign this fall. But if 226 succeeds, the unions may have a lot less to spend in the future...