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Clay met and married his wife Thelma, 47, five weeks after she arrived in Detroit from Wise, Va. "I loved working in the factory," she recalls, "but my sister-in-law was working right beside me, and she got her hand cut off up to the knuckles. That scared me to death. On the line, it was bad, but you know, I really liked it I liked the work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Detroit: A Dream on Hold | 11/8/1982 | See Source »

...hold. Says one union official who earns $200 a year more than the ceiling allows for student aid: "My daughter's at college. They told her to get a job if she needed help. And there ain't no jobs! Something has got to be wrong somewhere." Thelma Clay cans vegetables from her one-acre garden and worries: "It hurts the young ones, it really does. My daughter's been laid off four years and she'll probably never get called back. She's got two kids and she can't find nothing that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Detroit: A Dream on Hold | 11/8/1982 | See Source »

...people spend a great deal of time and effort in high school with one goal in mind--to get that admissions ticket," explains Thelma Foote, the North Yard's senior adviser and a graduate student in American Civilization. "Once they get here, they feel they have a lot to prove...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Why Harvard Freshmen Keep Getting the Blues | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

...field of nine in the Democratic primary last week offered stiff competition. There was Dr. Harvey Sloane, the articulate and capable former mayor of Louisville. Outgoing Governor Julian Carroll, whose administration has been tainted by scandal, was backing his former commerce commissioner, Terry McBrayer. Spunky Lieutenant Governor Thelma Stovall had strengthened her own candidacy by calling a special legislative session to consider tax cuts. As the pack turned into the home stretch, the mud started to fly. Governor Carroll took to the stump to attack Brown, once a close friend, whom he accused of refusing to release his income...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Sloppy Derby | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

...Thelma E. Bradt Fairfax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 23, 1979 | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

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