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...earlier, but Clemente was the unwitting victim of a hide-and-seek game played by the old Brooklyn Dodgers. Son of a sugar-plantation foreman in Carolina, a suburb of San Juan, Roberto was spotted by Dodger scouts when he was 19 and quickly signed for a $10,000 bonus to keep him out of the clutches of their archrivals, the New York Giants. Well aware of his potential, the Dodgers sent Clemente to their Montreal farm team where, by using him sparingly, they hoped to keep his talents under wraps until they could make room for him on their...
...some 50 men, most of whom report that they can now distinguish colors they have never before seen. One man, who was turned down for a job as a telephone company repairman because he failed color tests, has been retested wearing the new lens and accepted. As an added bonus, his girl friend has stopped criticizing his taste in clothes...
...parole officer and his family; they treated another prison official to a lavishly catered sojourn at the Kona Kai, a San Diego club controlled by Smith. Another time Tony Alessio hosted a fishing trip for a guard and three of his friends that ended with a surprise bonus: two nude prostitutes who came dancing out of the bathroom in their motel suite...
...Lindsay has been pressing a major campaign to mop up crime around Times Square. At the same time, to help revitalize the area, the mayor's office of midtown planning and development has encouraged builders to include theaters in their new office buildings by offering them a 20% bonus in the amount of floor space now allowed them under the zoning code. So far this year, four new theaters within office buildings have opened in Manhattan's theater district-the first new legitimate theaters in the area since 1928. One, the Uris, rang up its curtain...
...Canada and Europe. There will be $500 first prizes in twelve different events, including two for women. Looking ahead, Ryun figures that "a good year could be worth $18,000 and up at the beginning." That may sound like nothing more than carfare to a basketball bonus baby. Not to Ryun, who is a photographer by trade. Last year the rangy miler, one of the world's most outstanding athletes, earned a grand total...