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...detector tests, said NBC, had cast doubt on the testimony of two key witnesses: Vernon Bundy, a 29-year-old narcotics addict, and Perry Raymond Russo, 26, an insurance salesman. A test given Bundy "indicated he was lying," said NBC Anchorman Frank McGee, and "New Orleans Assistant District Attorney Charles Ward was informed of this." Though Ward told Garrison that "in view of the lie-detector test, Bundy should not be allowed to testify," he was overruled...
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...Radcliffe Mystique story lets you know, again, that it's difficult being a woman in a man's world. The Boston photoessay lets you know, again, that Mount Vernon St. is paved with bricks and that Brahmins go to the Symphony. And the "Saturday-Night-Is-the-Loneliest-Night of-the-Week" mood piece lets you know, again, that young writers in their desire to be Relevant and Meaningful usually end up being pretentious. Oh, yeah, maybe you'll like it in 25 years...
...inns as well as its food-processing, the company has recently been having trouble keeping earnings up to snuff. As of January 31, six-month earnings were off $140,000 from the same period last year on sales of $43 million. Part of the problem, explains 65-year-old Vernon Stouffer, who parlayed his mother's recipes into millions, is cost control. "Rents and investments have grown tremendously, and higher salaries in other industries make executives difficult to obtain." Litton's resources, he points out, will be an enormous help...
Though the merger was no pushover for Litton-Stouffer's board rejected Litton's first offer last year-it seems sure that when the Cleveland company's shareholders meet within 90 days, they will agree to the proposal. Certainly Vernon Stouffer, after 43 years in the business, will not be dismayed when Litton Chairman Tex Thornton and his West Coasters take over. He will stay on as chairman, but only last year his family bought the Cleveland Indians, and, he says, "I'm looking forward to spending more time at the ballpark...