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...favor of its own brand name Petroperu. Nor does the Nixon Administration quibble with the reimbursement-at $71 million-that Peru is willing to pay. But the U.S. firmly opposes the blue-sky figure of $690 million that Velasco insists is owed Peru for 44 years of oil theft, and against which he is determined to apply whatever reimbursement IPC is finally allowed. Says Lawyer John N. Irwin, who has been representing the U.S. in negotiations on the impasse: "The declaration of such debts after the expropriation of the properties in effect means that there will not be any effective...
...come-in-from-the-cold novelists have schooled us all in the vileness of the espionage agent's world. Murder, kidnaping, blackmail and the theft of secrets, moreover, hardly appear to be the stuff of which peace is made. Yet there is much documented support for Hagen's claim. His main concern lies in Europe, and he makes a convincing case that since 1945, the balance of power there has been partially maintained through the growth, care and feeding of espionage agencies...
...time in the College's history that such an incident has occurred. And in January two men walked into eight rooms in Moors during the night and stole wallets without waking anyone up. Both times, the men escaped long before police arrived. There have been many other instances of theft and strange men in dormitory rooms at all hours, some of which are never even reported to police...
Scott Fraser, a social psychologist at New York University, was one of the observers who kept round-the-clock vigils over the car for 64 hours. What surprised him was that most of the car stripping took place in broad daylight. All of the theft was done by clean-cut, well-dressed middle-class people. Furthermore, the major theft and damage was always observed by someone else. "Sometimes passersby would engage in casual conversation with the miscreants," says Fraser...
Herded into Buses. When the jury is sequestered, its members must forsake their careers and all the rhythms of their normal lives for prolonged periods. For three weeks in 1967, jurors in the trial of former Senate Aide Bobby Baker on theft, income tax evasion and conspiracy charges were confined to a cheerless court building in Washington, D.C., while Baker himself was free. Their only "relief," if it can be called that, came on weekends, when they were herded into buses for rides around the winter countryside. Jury Member Lenzie Barnes recalls: "It's like being a prisoner...