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Jean-Philippe Wheeler, head of the Harvard Library gifts and exchange office, said yesterday the "semi-official government gazeteer-type" newspaper was probably stolen from the periodical room around 1927, shortly after the library received them...
...This thing is clear out of joint," complained Gene Wheeler, a Watonga. Okla., farmer and grain dealer. "Ford made a statement that he's gonna take the peaks out of the market. What he doesn't know is that when you take away all the peaks, you've got nothing left but valleys." Nebraska Democratic Governor J. James Exon decried the agreement as a Ford Administration "sellout" to gain votes from populous urban areas at the expense of farming states. These attacks are clearly extravagant. The requirement for negotiation on purchases of more than 8 million tons...
...real life, Smith is George Jerome Waldo (Jerry) Goodman, novelist and screenwriter (The Wheeler Dealers), former editor of the financial monthly the Institutional Investor, and a man who has enjoyed most of the good things as defined by most of the human race...
...isolated in a car, listening to some dreary radio station, CB helps them stay alert and puts them in touch with scores of other drivers. A typical transmission we picked up in Illinois went like this: 'Breaker 10 [the emergency frequency], this is Buffalo Bill in an 18-wheeler rolling by Mile 78 on 1-90 North. Got an overturned camper here, lots of smokeys [police] in the area, and it's pretty congested.' It was a useful message, and it made the point that what may have started out as a fad or a tool against...
...Wheeler sees a bright future for commuter airlines like his. With traffic rising steadily, he is contemplating adding flights to Richmond and Baltimore during the next two years. Piedmont appears unworried, even though Wheeler already competes with his employer between Raleigh, Charlotte and Norfolk. "They say do your own thing," says Wheeler. And he has. Not long ago, Wheeler turned down a promotion to captain at Piedmont because the added flying duties would cut into the time he needs to nurture his airline...