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Situated on the southern shore of beautiful Lake Winnebago, the Wisconsin city of Fond du Lac (pop. 34,400) appears to be a pleasant haven far removed from the poverty and pain of the nation's recession-struck cities. Peopled mainly by second-and third-generation descendants of German immigrants, the city prides itself on being the home of the thrifty, the hard working and the tidy. Houses are neatly painted, lawns well kept, streets clean. Main Street is currently being resurfaced, and the perky detour sign reads: PARDON OUR PROGRESS...
Because the federal investigators had constructed a well-documented case, Bethlehem chose to surrender rather than fight. Federal agents had learned that in 1972 Bethlehem entered into a conspiracy with a Swiss company, l'Office pour le Financement du Commerce et de l'Industrie, or OFCI. Protected by Swiss banking laws, OFCI collected from Bethlehem "commissions" amounting to $1.7 million. Most of this money was funneled back into the U.S. and into Colombia and Venezuela. It served as bribe funds to induce shipowners to use the Bethlehem yards. Federal prosecutors said that many payments were made in cash...
...they walked into Reagan's 69th-floor suite in the Plaza, the two Republican Senators (John Tower and Strom Thurmond), two Congressmen (Robert Michel of Illinois and Robert Bauman of Maryland) and two Governors (Pierre du Pont of Delaware and Charles Thone of Nebraska) had no inkling that they were stepping into G.O.P. history. They were there for a long-scheduled appointment to give Reagan their advice on who would be his best running mate. Most of the group favored Bush. But Reagan sounded skeptical. He asked just how Bush would help the ticket...
...Du Pont was the first to respond to Reagan's question. "Of course," he said, "Jerry Ford would be the very best choice. He could add tremendous impact to the ticket." Michel agreed: "If you really want the strongest Vice President, it's Ford, for obvious reasons...
None of these Franco-American producers plans to sell his California quaff in Europe. Steven Spurrier, owner of the Paris wine school L'Académie du Vin, believes that to be a wise decision. Says he: "Moēt would be crazy to import Chandon Brut into France. In my opinion it is much better than their own Moēt et Chandon. They would be competing against themselves with a better-tasting wine at a better price...