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...which are complimentary, going to notables such Jack Valenti of the Motion Picture Association of America and special "his and hers" subscriptions to Mayor and Mrs. White). Before the 15 cents price tag was added, bookstores would ask to carry BAD, Lewis said--"they found it a traffic-builder." Even now, the Harvard Square Paperback Book-smith sells over 600 each week...
...with silks and leather, and their fashions are in high demand. French, Dutch and Belgian appliance firms have been unable to compete with lower-priced Italian refrigerators and washing machines. Italian construction combines outbid competitors for huge jobs in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Says a Milan-based builder: "Being a bit of an underdeveloped country yourself helps you work in other underdeveloped regions...
...Raise in Salary. Blount, of course, will unload his interest in the family company. So will another millionaire builder, Governor John Volpe of Massachusetts, who will head the Transportation Department. Volpe retained his chairmanship of the John A. Volpe Construction Co. while serving as Governor. He will sell his interest, which he estimates at about $1,000,000, and expects to lose a quarter of that in taxes...
...outboard, paying for it with $2,300 in $20 bills that he carried in a brown paper bag. Horowitz was, in fact, Krist, 23, the organizer of the Mackle kidnaping. Serial numbers proved that the money was part of the ransom raised by the girl's father, Millionaire Builder Robert Mackle...
...television extravaganza, Nixon introduced Volpe as not merely a road-builder, but as an expert in all fields of mass transportation. That statement is ridiculous. As Governor the ex-highway contractor has continued to emphasize roads as the primary mode of transportation in Greater Boston and throughout the Bay State, while allowing public transportation to lag far behind, as everyone who has tried to travel to Wellesley by MBTA can witness...