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December 1--The Faculty extends Christmas vacation for a week and cancels a scheduled five-day intercession to conserve heat...
...Thrill Kills" in Pittsburgh. Michael Travaglia and John Lesko, both white and 22, have pleaded guilty to murder and face death sentences, but they show no remorse. In a five-day spree they kidnaped Peter Levato, 49, an unemployed security guard, in downtown Pittsburgh, attempted to drown him in the Loyalhanna creek, then shot him fatally. Next they abducted Marlene Sue Newcomer, 26, and shot her to death in their van; her body and the abandoned vehicle were found in a Pittsburgh parking garage...
...scam went on so long in part because the bank has been adding so many branches-nine a year-that finding competent supervisors has been difficult. Cooley concedes that Lewis found "a flaw in our system." But the bank has changed its $1 million "trigger point" and the five-day timing safeguard. Also, Cooley asserts, "we have done a couple of other things no one will ever know about...
...During the Coming Bad Years) predicted the destruction of the dollar: "We will look back on 20% inflation with nostalgia." Investment seminars have become regular events at vacation spots in Florida and California. This weekend some 1,600 people are expected to pay up to $445 each for a five-day marathon at Miami Beach's Fontainebleau Hilton...
Last November, 4,500 people paid up to $445 each to attend his National Committee for Monetary Reform Conference. The people who attend the three-to five-day conclaves are primarily successful businessmen, doctors and attorneys. They are seeking advice on beating inflation and place great emphasis on personal contact with their investment guru. Explains Economist Eliot Janeway, who runs his own seminars: "People go for the same reason that they go to church instead of staying home and reading Scriptures. They like to hear the sermon." Speakers like Ruff and Rukeyser are paid as much...