Word: trappers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wayne Rogers, 44, actor. Even before Rogers became famous as Trapper John in the TV series M*A*S*H, he was boning up on finance and managing the money of his friends, Actors Peter Falk, James Caan and Jack Webb. In 1969, with those and other pals, he bought 2,500 acres of farm land in Paso Robles, Calif., for $750,000 and turned 500 acres into a vineyard that has become famous for its Merlot grapes. Future plans call for building a 40,000-case winery on the property. The land is now worth $7 million and that...
...first victims of the new program was a 12-ft. gator that had become a favorite of schoolchildren in Green Cove Springs. Aghast officials called in a trapper after learning that the kids were serving up poodles and other neighborhood pets to their friend as snacks. Says Wildlife Biologist Tommy Hines: "He was not afraid of anybody. Every time somebody came up to him, he thought it was time for dinner...
...came to get away from California. I just hope California living doesn't chase me up here." -Jeff Graham, Alaskan trapper and fisherman...
Salvage Cases. The actor in question was Wayne Rogers, 41, star of TV's M*A*S*H*. When he is not playing the show's martini-mixing Army surgeon, Trapper John, Doc Rogers carries on with a different operation. As head of W.M. Rogers, Inc.-Managed Investments, he takes care of the financial affairs of half a dozen clients (among them Actors Peter Falk and James Caan) and deals with such financiers as Lyons and Los Angeles Industrialist Lawrence Weinberg. Insiders estimate that Rogers' company is worth several million dollars. His holdings-with Falk and others...
...usually among the first to sack out, may just think the weather's been too warm to sleep, but they might just know that they've got a long rest ahead of them, too. In addition, the experts say our little friends have very thick coats this winter. A trapper in Easton, N.H., showed me the pelt of a golden red fox he trapped last week, and carefully compared it to similar pelts he's taken in previous years. "The weathah's been tricky foh the pahst coupla wintahs," he told me, taking a big piece of a pine branch...