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Television's Kojak, Columbo and Baretta are dazzling crime solvers. A combination of underground contacts, inside knowledge and outside hunches invariably puts a culprit behind bars (or in the morgue) before the last commercial. But real police detection, according to a new study by the Rand Corp., is far less successful. "The image of the detective as a guy with a network of informants who can help him crack cases is a myth," says Peter Greenwood, 36, the management analyst who directed the two-year survey of 156 U.S. police departments. Whether or not a case will be solved...
Both Kobrin and Felker claim rights to the New West name. New York Magazine Co. executives say they have been using it for advertising and promotion since last August. But Kobrin registered his New West Corp. with the California Department of Corporations in December-a move Felker's group neglected to make. Kobrin also rushed out a preview issue of his monthly New West in early February, thus edging out Felker, whose own test edition went on sale last week. Both plan regular publication...
Such containers amount to a $ 1.4 billion annual business in the U.S., and the accused firms account for about 70% of the industry's total volume. Included in the indictment are the nation's three largest folding-box producers: Container Corp. of America, Federal Paper Board Co. and American Can Co. Also mentioned in the indictment are unnamed, unindicted co-conspirators -undoubtedly companies that cooperated with the Justice Department's investigation. That suggests a Government belief that price fixing extended not just to 70% of box sales, but also to almost the industry's total volume...
...week's end few of the defendants were prepared to comment publicly. A spokesman for Champion International Corp. said the company was "surprised" to be named, and the general counsel of Container Corp. issued a statement insisting that his firm had complied with the latest nuances of antitrust law. Privately, some industry officials grumbled that the indictment was politically motivated, to project an image of consumer protection in a presidential election year...
...with Israel, the Saudi Arabian government has also required that corporations and government agencies entering into agreements with it not employ Jews for projects inside that country. At least four corporations and two government agencies are known to have complied with these restrictions: Ashland Chemical Co., Bendix Field Engineering Corp., Dresser Industries Inc. and International School Services, in addition to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Overseas Private Investment Corp...