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House special counsel William French has accused Mecham of obstructing justice in connection with the alleged death threat, of concealing the $350,000 loan, and of misusing state funds by borrowing $80,000 for his auto dealership...
After the beating begins, affluent wives have a difficult time admitting the horror of their situation. "Wife abuse in the middle class is very hidden," says a 47-year-old woman who five years ago fled her violence-prone husband, the owner of an upstate New York automobile dealership. "I know of quite a few women who won't get out because they're afraid it will hurt their image or because they don't have the financial means." Some women manage to justify the beatings as a trade-off for status and security...
...expected to fall by nearly 6% this year, to $4.4 billion. Of course, the downside of that trend is a continuing shake-out in the farm-implement business. In Iowa alone, 274 dealers have shut their doors since 1982. Complains Larry Southard, co-owner of a John Deere dealership in Marshalltown, Iowa: "People are making do with the equipment they have for yet another year...
...from the town's. He used his city credit card to visit a daughter in Texas, vacation in Florida and attend the Southern Baptist Convention, claiming that as mayor he was on duty 24 hours a day. He and his brother Knox, a former judge, owned Smyrna's Chevrolet dealership, which serviced cars for the city. A conflict-of-interest suit filed against Sam dragged on for seven years, through two of his re-elections. Then, facing an impending decree from a judge that he leave office, the mayor abruptly resigned this month...
Remar is not your average retiring 45-year-old. While we tooled around on the bikes, he told me about earlier successes as an advertising executive and promoter who had already parlayed one personal experience (owning an auto dealership) into a book called Don't Get Taken Every Time, which is now in its 17th printing. He's also no novice on the celebrity circuits, both the Hollywood and social fast tracks. Still, when he got the idea of renovating Remar, book publishers didn't nibble, though his old buddy George Plimpton was encouraging. "He suggested I could...