Word: bill
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Burlington, Vt., police spotted the missing blue Volkswagen in a local garage. The owner said that it had been left by a man named Costa, who told him that he would park it there for a month. When police questioned Antone Costa about the car, he produced a bill of sale, purportedly drawn up by Patricia Walsh. He was kept under surveillance, and last week the wanderer -who sports a neatly trimmed mustache, sideburns and "granny" glasses -was arrested in Boston. He was taken to Provincetown district court, where he pleaded innocent to the charge of murdering the two Rhode...
...Bill Martin is the perfect fall guy. His Federal Reserve is one of Washington's most powerful but least understood agencies; it treasures its independence from President, political parties and pressure groups. Martin and the six other governors of the Federal Reserve manipulate the levers that control the nation's money supply and interest rates. Today, as a result of their actions, money is tight and costlier to borrow than at any time since the Civil War. To their distaste, bankers have to turn down customers seeking loans; businessmen have to put off some projects because credit...
...Martin might not be reappointed as chairman, some European central bankers observed that his departure would so shake foreign confidence in Washington's money policy that the U.S. would lose $1 billion in gold. Considering that gold sells officially for $35 an ounce, the bankers must reckon that Bill Martin is worth his weight in gold-12,000 times over...
...Diver Bill Murphy is the only probable winner, but the varsity swimming team has several other men who may also do exceptionally well in the 29th Annual Eastern Seaboards Championships, which start today at Yale. The Elis are expected to win their seventh consecutive title...
Murphy, Eastern champ in the three-meter dive two years ago, has just perfected a double-twist dive for use in the one-meter competition. "Bill looks really loose and his timing is great," assistant coach Benn Merritt said last night. "With this new dive, I expect him to win the one-meter as well as the three-meter," Merritt said...