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David Peabody of Local 40 yesterday criticized Felsway for hiring workers from outside this area. They bring in people from New Hampshire, and God knows where," Peabody said.. The flyer, which Peabody wrote, argued that the purchasing power of a community falls when wages drop below union scale...
...wonder drugs. In the testing stages: another cholesterol- lowering drug that could prove more potent and longer lasting than Mevacor; an anti-ulcer medication that has shown a high degree of effectiveness; MK- 538, a drug that holds promise of aiding diabetes sufferers. Merck will soon launch large-scale clinical trials for MK-906, which in preliminary tests shrank swollen prostate glands without bad side effects, alleviating a problem that vexes millions of men over 40. Other teams are studying cures for cataracts, arthritis, cancer and AIDS. But so are Merck's rivals. London-based Burroughs Wellcome last week...
...bribes are just the tip of a huge iceberg. Not since the waning days of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has a national leader been accused of corruption on such an enormous scale. Before the Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Communications, Blandon alleged that Noriega turned many of Panama's public institutions -- the customs and passport offices, the railroad, the airports -- into a huge kickback scheme. Among the beneficiaries: scores of army officers, top government officials and, above all, Noriega. By Blandon's account, Noriega is the richest man in Panama, with a dozen houses, a fleet of automobiles...
...That voters with low income and education, like many of Robertson's supporters, are traditionally less active and influential in party politics. Then why are so many candidates using a populist appeal this year, which deliberately seeks a low base in the social scale? Iowa returns showed that half of Robertson's people did not go to college (for Bush that total was 29%), and 41% of them made $30,000 or less a year (compared with 26% of Bush's total...
...withdrawal of his troops, Gorbachev says the next round of Geneva talks may be the last. The tanks could begin clanking homeward by May 15. -- In Austria, Waldheim resists new pressure to step down. -- A former top aide to Panamanian Strongman Noriega tells of corruption on a grand scale. -- Growing militance among West Bank settlers...