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Each system is marked by its own peculiar inequalities. Those associated with race, sex and age can be counted simply as signs of persisting discrimination. Most regional differences are hangovers from historical divergencies in region al economies. Some disparities, however, simply defy rationalization. M.I.T. Economist Lester Thurow in his book Generating Inequality points to extreme variations in income among auto mechanics of roughly equal training and age - along with similarly extreme variations in the earnings of comparable physicians. Why such differences? Nobody has figured...
Onetime Georgia Governor Lester Maddox no longer sells fried chicken; now he dishes out country ham. That about sums up the hokey singing-and-comedy act that Maddox, 61, tried out on patrons of Mr. P's Supper Club in Sanford, Fla. The man who in 1964 waved a pistol at blacks who tried to desegregate his Atlanta restaurant told a few corny jokes, played the harmonica and belted out Casey Jones and Dixie in a gravelly baritone. The crowd loved it. One reason, perhaps, was that Maddox's fellow songster and guitar accompanist was Bobby Lee Fears...
...long drive to get their man elected President, William Hamilton Jordan, 32, and Joseph Lester Powell Jr., 33, broke most of the rules of politics. Now that Jimmy Carter has reached the White House, the two young men -just call 'em Ham and Jody-are still breaking the rules...
What is to be gained by such a transparent attempt to fend off the tax collector with the Bible? Hardenburgh's residents figure that dramatizing the absurdity of the situation will bring relief in the form of less generous exemption laws. Declares Town Supervisor Lester Bourke: "We are seeking salvation...
...forget about that great series of jazz films at Off the Wall, 861 Main St. in Central Square. They've got films of Lester Young, Diz, Bessie Smith and many other greats...