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Jackson's agreements with corporations are relatively recent, and their long-term impact is impossible to predict. Since 1981, PUSH has signed contracts with five firms: Coca-Cola, Seven-Up, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Burger King and Southland Corp., which owns 7-Eleven minimarkets and Chief auto-parts stores. Jackson's goal in these agreements, which are not legally binding, is to get a dollar's worth of economic benefits for blacks in return for every dollar blacks spend on the companies' products, as determined through market research...
...Gators Snap Back. By the 1950s, alligator hunting had become so widespread in the swamps of the Southland that the great reptiles seemed headed for oblivion. Now, after years of federal protection, they are making a ferocious comeback. In Florida, fish and game officials get frequent calls from frightened homeowners demanding the removal of alligators from their backyard ponds or canals. The toothy beasts have attacked swimmers, eaten of alligator skins and meat. A recently published state booklet spells outs the virtues of alligator meat (tender, low fat), which sells in some Louisiana markets for about $3.50 per lb. Environmentalists...
...deeply moving to see the end of legal segregation in the South and to observe the immediate benefits that came to all of us. To me, the political and social transformation of the Southland was a powerful demonstration of how moral principles should and could be applied effectively to the legal structure of our society...
...Band, Cecil Pootz and His Grafton Spuds, the Wonderbar Orchestra, and yes, the great Bill Baroon and His Paloreenies . . ." A marvelously spurious history of radio in Minneapolis produces "Wingo Beals and His Blue Movers," who lost their SunRise Waffle show at 5 a.m. daily to Slim Graves and His Southland Sheiks, featuring Courteous Carl Harper, the Guitar Man. "Rise and shine," Slim would tell his listeners every day, "sit up and howl, there's daylight in the swamps...
Speculative individuals seeking bigger returns have been trying to join the professionals in Wall Street's game of spotting the possible takeover candidates and accurately predicting which deals will be consummated and which will fall through. But the game can be risky. Last year, for example, Southland Royalty, an independent oil and gas producer, announced that it was ready to merge with another company. As a result, its price jumped from $25 to $38 in a few weeks. But when no one was willing to accept the offer, the stock plunged by more than $8 a share...