51.   He has purged hundreds of officials, closed suspect local branches, and created a strong central office in Washington.

52.   He is president of the local professional branch of the Washington State Head Injury Foundation.

53.   In Connecticut Friday, Southern New England Telecommunications Inc. hammered out a contract with a local branch of the CWA, averting a potentially costly strike.

54.   In nearby Crewkerne, the dealer for big machinery who used to supply farms here with equipment has just shut its local branch for good.

55.   In an uncharacteristically contrite written statement, Kohl admitted that he had used secret accounts to provide financial support for local party branches.

56.   Jerry Wetterling, a chiropractor with a growing business in town, was president of the local branch of the NAACP.

57.   Its constitution, Penn said, calls for suspension or removal of elected officers of local branches if they publicly contradict policy and then fail to retract their remarks.

58.   Local branches of that church group in other Latin American countries have investigated complaints of human rights abuses and denounced social injustice.

59.   Local branches of MANA hold financial planning seminars and invite speakers from investment firms and financial service groups.

60.   Magistrates are also investigating two Sicilian politicians belonging to the local branch of the governing Democrats of the Left party in connection with the scheme.