Jackson's voter drive stirs Mississippi appearance
In Greenville at Mt Bethel AME Church Rev. Jesse Jackson campaigns to register black voters for 1984 and local elections. He portrays a southern crusade to mobilize 2 million by 1984, while skeptics view it as a presidential bid precursor. The tour draws mixed reactions from publishers NAACP organizers and civic groups.
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Miss
Mt. Bethel A.M.E
Jesse Jackson
God
Red Sea
Moses
PUSH
People United To Save Humanity
Mississippi
North Carolina
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Jackson
South
Charles Tisdale
Jackson Advocate
NAACP
Mickey Michaux Jr
Congress
Geraldine Thompson
Voter Education Project
Peru drought drives harsh measures and migration
In Peru and Bolivia a severe drought pushes at least 150,000 Indian peasants to cities and lowlands. In Peru's Puno province children are being sold for a few dollars as mothers cannot feed them. Officials fear widespread starvation by August with crops ruined, seeds eaten, and aid partly pledged by the United States.
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Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Lima
Peru
Bolivia
Puno
Andes
United States
Presser Reigns In Teamsters Amid Probed Past and Probed Future
Jackie Presser, since 1983 Teamsters president, faces Senate scrutiny amid past convictions of predecessors while defending his leadership. He touts loyalty to 1.7 million members and recalls his father William Presser’s era as Cleveland union boss. He denies mob ties despite whispers and a 1980 Reagan endorsement.
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Jackie Presser
Roy Lee Williams
Teamsters
Williams
Presser
Senate
Ronald Reagan
William Presser
Cleveland Teamsters
Jackie
Congress
Washington Post
Kathy Sawyer
Kathy
Walnut
East 9Th Street
Fratianno
James Aladena
Jimmy the Weasel
Interview with a Teamsters leader amid scandals and risk
An extended dialogue explores union power and money. The leader discusses past and present investigations, embezzlement rumors, and ties to figures like John Nardi and Allen Dorfman while defending the union’s role and his own finances. He emphasizes integrity, responsibility for 1.7 million members, and staying straight as he considers life after the presidency.
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Presser
Jackie Nardi
Teamsters
Dorfman
Allen Dorfman
Roy Williams
Chicago
A. T
Allen
Labor Department
George Lehr
Central States Pension Fund
Editorial and Clerical Workers’ Union
Scientists overturn Franklin on lightning rod tips
American scientists now contend blunt tipped rods, properly grounded, better route lightning than sharp ones. Dr. Charles B. Moore reports fields above blunt rods extend farther, suggesting higher interception potential, while sharp tips may shield the rod from drawing away lightning.
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New York Times
New York
Ben Franklin
George III
Franklin
George
Ben
Earth
Charles B. Moore
New ‘Mexico
Journal of the ‘Franklin Institute
Moore
Bernard Vonnegut
State University of New York
Albany
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro
Pork barrel brawl over $150 million physics lab site
Washington-Illinois contests Virginia for the National Electron Accelerator Laboratory with SURA in Newport News. Illinois officials accuse Virginia of overreaching with land, buildings, and 35 new nuclear physics professorships to win the project, while Virginia sweetens its offer.
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Washington Post Service
Washington
Illinois
Virginia
Charles H. Percy
Ill
National Electron Accelerator Laboratory
Irene Forde-Howard
John W. Warner
R-Va
Department of Energy
National Science Foundation
Southeastern Universities Research Association
SURA
Newport News
Catholic
Georgetown
George Washington
George Mason
University of Maryland
University of Virginia
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
Duke
James S. McCarthy
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont, Ill
Percy
Howard S. Marks
Marks
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