National Headliners

Jet, August 27, 2001

The Ford Foundation granted $200,000 to the Constituency for Africa to help educate Americans about Africa's AIDS pandemic ... Fannie Mae, the largest source of financing in home mortgage, has targeted six cities to help minority families buy homes. The cities are Houston, Rochester, NY, San Diego, Seattle, Stamford, CT, and Tucson ...

A law professor at the University of Kansas, Roscoe Conklin Howard Jr., was named the U.S. attorney in the nation's capital, the largest office in the country with 350 lawyers and a budget of $58.5 million ... Robert Roach, Jr. is general vice president of Transportation for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.