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Balbir Singh Sodhi was so torn up by the attacks on America that he told his friends and family he wanted to go to New York City to help any way he could. He never got the chance.

The CWA Joe Beirne Foundation will award 30 two-year scholarships for 2002-2003, to be paid at the rate of $3,000 annually, to active and retired members and their spouses or sons and daughters. Grandchildren of members are also eligible.

There’s labor trouble in River City. The theatrical production of “The Music Man,” scheduled to tour 28 cities between this December and September of 2002, is being performed by non-union actors, and the actors’ union is asking the public to boycott the show.

It is almost impossible to imagine now, but less than 40 years ago in some parts of the United States, black Americans weren’t allowed to go to the same schools or restaurants as white Americans. They weren’t allowed to drink from the same water fountains or use the same restrooms.