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...President Thieu and Cambodian President Lon Nol carefully hedging their bets and gilding their nests for a comfortable exile? That, at least, would be one plausible explanation for some recent negotiations involving members of the Saigon government and Balair, a charter-airline affiliate of Swissair...
...Jackson made a pledge to bring the men in blue under his control. But when he tried to fire Police Chief John Inman, he was balked. In-man successfully sought an injunction preventing his removal until the courts decided whether Jackson had the constitutional right under a new city charter to oust him. Three months later, the state supreme court upheld the mayor, but by then Inman had become too entrenched a figure to be removed. Instead, Jackson made an appointment to a new charter-created post above police chief-commissioner of public safety. He chose an old college chum...
...companies to pass on to their customers $412 million in accumulated costs. Some of the bigger names on the list of oil companies making refunds or being forced to swallow costs: Ashland, Atlantic Richfield, Continental, Skelly, Phillips, Amerada Hess, Sun, Shell, Texaco. Among the larger refunds or rollbacks are Charter Oil's $19.8 million and Kerr-McGee's $23.5 million...
Earlier this month, World Airways, a charter carrier, proposed an $89 (plus tax) frill-less fare on regularly scheduled flights between New York or Washington and Los Angeles or San Francisco. The rest of the industry, meanwhile, is proposing and promoting a baffling array of other special fares, including discounts ranging from 20% to 45% for youths, senior citizens and travelers who book well in advance of their departures or fly at night...
Nick was a veteran of the drug years. His jobs included: lifeguard in nearby Ormond until thrown off the corps for dereliction of his tower (he took long lunches); mate on a charter fishing boat; bagman for a big lettuce caper; treasure hunter for a load of cocaine left in the ground by dealers near an old launching pad near Cape Canaveral (foiled by a flash flood); and stunt car driver for a shoestring film that ran out of money. His heritage was Greek, and he knew all about fencing things in underground Daytona, and who burned down what restaurant...