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...conspiracy crumbled under the scrutiny of experts. One noted that Lincoln signed his alleged letters to Rutledge "Abe," when he was known to have abhorred the nickname. Others pointed out that Lincoln, once a land surveyor, had cited "Section 40" in a letter supposedly written at a time when such sections were not numbered higher than 36. Lincoln referred to "Kansas" at a time when the region was commonly called "Indian country...
...goods. Minor signed a statement that was not quite a confession, but near enough to close the case. Her mother had composed the letters, she admitted, but had received the messages from the spirits of Lincoln and Rutledge while in a trance. Claimed Minor: "The spirits of Ann and Abe were speaking through my mother to me, so that my gifts as a writer combined with her gifts as a medium could hand in something worthwhile to the world." Neither mother nor daughter was prosecuted...
lacocca, the son of Italian immigrants, is fighting for his corporation's life, and growing numbers of viewers seem to be buying his act. Says Abe Gurewitz, 54, a Brooklyn cab driver: "I saw him on TV and I like the guy. He's turning around a company that was down the drain. He has guts." Nor has lacocca's commercial charisma escaped notice by Wall Street's savviest auto analyst, Maryann Keller of Paine Webber Mitchell Hutchins. Says she: "I wouldn't doubt that people have bought Chrysler cars just because they wanted Lee lacocca to make...
...Thai-Burmese border. While Thai border police patrol the streets, three mercenary armies camp atop a 7,200-ft. mountain near by. Among them are Khun Sa's mercenaries and their local allies. In the surrounding jungle are the rival forces of a pro-Communist warlord known as ABe. Periodically, bursts of machine-gun fire echo down the mountainside. Ambushes are frequent, and victims seldom receive a proper burial. Says a Western narcotics agent: "There seems to be only one rule when warlords fight. Kill anything that moves...
Much has changed since last year's thriller Abe Lemons, the Longhorns' eminently quotable coach, got the boot, and Bob Weltlich took over the helm Junior forward Bill Wendlandr who did not play last year leads Longhorn scorers with an 18-3 point average...