Automakers push insurance sales to woo car buyers
Automakers expand insurance offerings to retain customers amid slow market. BMW and TIG sell in 30 states with about 3,500 policies by 1997 end. Ford and AIG test in Florida expanding to Illinois and Ohio. Volvo with Liberty Mutual plans universal Volvo owner coverage. Toyota weighing a Geico-backed revival.
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Desegregation suit seeks court supervision of Cincinnati schools
The NAACP asks a federal judge to retake supervision citing high black dropout rates and poor test scores in Cincinnati's 48,000 student district. It accuses the school board of insincerity about desegregation and failing eight low performing coalitions schools. The lawyer calls to court action and notes racial isolation remains high.
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NAACP
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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