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Now all the little questions within the big question-Did he really conceive and carry out the assassination of King alone?-would loom large once more. Where did this inept criminal get the money to finance his year of flight, from April 23, 1967, when he broke out of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: THE QUESTION OF CONSPIRACY | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

There is one CIA weakness for which Turner has no ready solution: detecting and countering the efforts of foreign intelligence agents to acquire U.S. secrets. The weakness stems in part from a shake-up in which veteran counterspies were replaced. The shifts took place before Turner arrived, but Knoche believes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CIA: An Old Salt Opens Up the Pickle Factory | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

Fuqua took its case to federal court in Hartford, requesting 1) that Smith be made to consider its offer, and 2) that Avis' annual meeting be postponed, to block Smith's efforts to ram through antitakeover amendments. The postponement request was rejected, but Fuqua was granted a hearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANTITRUST: Fighting for the Wheel | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

Ugh. That first shot of Scotch or bourbon-consumed, perhaps, during a surreptitious afternoon raid on Dad's liquor cabinet-tasted invariably like oil, or worse. For those who could not acquire the taste for the hard stuff, the answer was abstinence, beer or some sort of cocktail. Today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEVERAGES: Sweet Spirits | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

When he died 3½ years ago, eccentric Texas Oil Billionaire H.L. Hunt left plenty of pocket money to his ten children. That has not kept some of his sons from speculative ventures aimed at increasing their inheritances. Last week a federal agency accused seven members of one branch of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDALS: Hunting for Soybeans | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

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