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...first $40,000 installment in hand, Garrett had to pay off fines and reimburse San Diego County for five years of welfare payments. Soon after, he was arrested in his newly purchased Buick Skylark along with two passengers, one of whom had just sold 8 oz. of cocaine to an undercover narcotics agent. Facing narcotics and firearm charges, Garrett must stand trial next month for allegedly stealing two bottles of cognac from a liquor store. The unlucky winner did manage to make bail by pledging $80,000 as security -- from his future lottery payments...
Gone are the days when candidates would appear as talking heads to tout their credentials. "Political advertising is beginning to recognize that it competes with other advertising for people's attention, which means McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Buick and Crazy Eddie," says Manhattan Political Consultant Scott Miller. As broadcast political advertising becomes ubiquitous, many observers have begun to question its efficacy. Last week's New York primary, for example, was notable for the poor return on some heavily financed television advertising. To be effective, says Miller, candidates must "use the same methods and technologies that are available to everybody. Humor...
...night shift at the General Motors plant in Wentzville, Mo., was busy putting together Buick Park Avenues and Oldsmobile Regency 98s when ten policemen quietly entered the factory. Making their way along the assembly line, the officers clapped handcuffs on twelve workers. They had allegedly sold cocaine, hashish, marijuana and LSD with an estimated street value of $250,000 to two young undercover agents who had been hired by GM to pose as assembly-line workers...
...seventh deal with Johnny, paused and said: "You might be the Man." Replied Johnny: "You never know." But in time, the shop won the confidence of its clientele, with word spreading even to other states. On the advice of a cousin in Birmingham, one thief drove a stolen 1986 Buick Skylark / from a dealer's lot in Atlanta to Johnny's. He got $700, and Johnny got his name and telephone number. Says Charles Jordan, the Birmingham police sergeant who helped direct the operation: "After a while, greed takes over wisdom...
When a green Buick passed by in the left lane doing a brisk 70 m.p.h., Woullard radioed up to his partner, who was waiting a quarter-mile up the road. The green Buick got nailed...