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...that top government officials in the Bahamas have been involved in drug trafficking and bribery. Prime Minister Lynden Pindling called for the three-man panel last September after an NBC broadcast alleged that a U.S. Justice Department report had linked Pindling and one of his ministers to $100,000-a-month payments from drug traffickers. But any hope Pindling had that the inquiry would eliminate the rumors quickly backfired. At first testimony centered on lower-echelon civil servants: customs officials and police officers who were accused of accepting bribes for turning a blind eye to trafficking on the outer islands...
...Charlotte Gardens. Proudly showing off his fully equipped three-bedroom house with its cathedral ceilings, plush carpeting and small backyard, David notes, "This is a hell of a deal compared with the hellhole we lived in before." The Riveras jumped at the chance to desert their often heatless $400-a-month rental apartment near by. They took possession of their new $47,000 home with an initial $7,500, and will pay a mortgage of $370 a month...
...Soviets had succumbed to bureaucracy, might not the same thing happen in China? Thus, a growing suspicion that revisionism and class enemies might be infecting even his own party. On went Hu, describing the paranoia growing. Mao had disliked intellectuals ever since he had been a $30-a-month librarian in Peking in his youth. "The more knowledge you give the people," said Mao, "the more you hold back revolutionary thought." Or, "The more books people read, the more foolish they become." So Mao let loose the Cultural Revolution, but, said Hu, "once he let the genie...
...Sprint, the FCC decided to do away with inflated long-distance rates. The agency ruled that when AT&T spins off its regional operating companies on New Year's Day, it will stop paying local subsidies, which now amount to about $10.7 billion. The new $2-a-month local charge is intended to help the operating companies compensate for the lost subsidies...
...Bugger. Suggests a newspaper ad: "Lose 'em, beep 'em-find 'em, keep 'em." The Li'l Bugger, which is powered by one A A 1.5-volt battery and has a range of 30 miles, rents for $39.95 a year with a $5-a-month broadcast fee and a 25? charge per call. Metromedia says it has been getting 1,250 inquiries a week about the product, which comes done up in a colored plastic case decorated with a smiling...