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...everything involving the Drifters was some kind of wonderful. The singers were shamelessly exploited by their manager, George Treadwell. He owned the group outright; he paid the members a salary of about $500 a month, which covered payment for all recording dates and an exhausting tour schedule - and they received no royalties from their hit records. When Ben E. King confronted Treadwell for a raise, he was booted out of the group...
...VICTOR ARITOMI, 64, former Peruvian envoy to Japan and brother-in-law of ex-President Alberto Fujimori, as a Japanese citizen; in Tokyo. Aritomi, who gave up Japanese citizenship 10 years ago, is now shielded from standing trial for allegedly helping Fujimori divert $15 million as a "golden parachute" payment to spymaster Vladimiro Montesinos. ELECTED. JACQUES ROGGE, 59, as president of the International Olympic Committee; in Moscow. A Belgian-born orthopedic surgeon and three-time Olympic sailor, he will oversee i.o.c. reforms in light of the Salt Lake City bribery scandal...
...other words, the first $6,000 of a single taxpayer's income ($12,000 for couples filing jointly) is now taxed at 10 percent instead of 15 percent, and everyone who coughed up will get a payment in the amount of 5 percent of their taxable income for the year 2000 - or $300 ($600 for couples, $500 for single parents), whichever is higher...
...quickly and has generated so much money--in the region of $900 million in the past two years--that the state of Wyoming has imposed few regulations on the drillers. Most land-use agreements are made between gas companies and individual ranchers, and the companies offer immediate payment to pressure the ranchers to do deals without delay. "One well ain't worth much--you need a lot of wells, and the drillers move quickly," says Vernon Johnson, an oil and gas veteran who runs an energy-services partnership in Gillette. "Some of the ranchers are scratching their heads at this...
...Losers ROGER CLINTON Ex-First Bro questioned for $50,000 payment from crime boss Rosario Gambino's family. Wakes up with horse's ass in his bed PAULA POUNDSTONE Comedy Store hecklers sharpen your knives: stand-up comedian and foster parent is arrested for lewd acts with a teen girl KHALID DURAN Author goes into hiding after Jordanian cleric issues death edict for book. As rookie on the Rushdie circuit, he'll make the beer runs...