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...offer noninterest checking accounts. A spokesman for the Federal Reserve says that it is watching the New England situation "with concern." The Reserve has no control over savings banks, but it does regulate the clearing houses through which NOW drafts move. If savings bank checking takes too big a chunk of commercial bank money, the Government may move to head off NOW at the clearing house...
...employee at Gnomon copy, 1304 Massachusetts Ave., said yesterday that Harvard now does a considerable amount of its copying at Gnomon. "The CCS will definitely take a big chunk out of out business," he said...
...wasn't aware that the Harvard guy was sitting comfortably across the field, dispensing Hungarian wine to anyone in the immediate vicinity, and rubbing his hands together in anticipation. "We'll go to Gotham City tonight," he was saying to his brown-haired girlfriend. "We'll spend a big chunk of Champagne's hard-earned money." The Harvard guy had remembered that bet, and had taken appropriate steps. He had signed up for a three-day school ashore two months in advance, had cut out of the school a day early, and had flown to Boston...
...uniquely devoted to opera. Adler is the general director of the San Francisco Opera and last week, as his company kicked off its 50th-anniversary season, citizens and patrons were busy proving their devotion. In what other major American city would the mayor set aside a big chunk of downtown (Union Square) and invite 10,000 for a musicale? Where else would Jesus Freaks mingle with bankers and hard hats to watch Fafner the Dragon chase Wagner's Rhinemaidens and the clowns from I Pagliacci on specially constructed mini-stages? Who else but Adler could persuade Prima Donna Joan...
Wildcatter. Chandler, 44, and Burke kept up their college friendship on hunting trips to such faraway places as Alaska, Africa and Mongolia. In 1955, Burke became godfather of the publisher's oldest daughter. Meanwhile, after starting out as a stockbroker in San Francisco, Burke made a chunk of money on a wildcat oil plunge and decided to go into the business full time. As Chandler revealed in a Journal interview, Burke asked him in 1965 to "introduce him to some people in Los Angeles" who might be interested in putting money into drilling funds, which offer special advantages...