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...side balconies). Similarly, the main floor and stage are constructed of wood (darkly stained oak) over an air space, so that they will act as sounding boards. The hall is snugger than before (650,000 cu. ft., v. 850,000), and since any pianissimo needs silence, each air-conditioning duct is lined, and the tightly sealed doors weigh 370 Ibs. each. Every piece of plaster and wood is the solidest money...
Ventilation Duct...
Peter Mahoney, a friend of the defendants, saw a black attache case in a ventilation duct in the defense attorney's Tuesday. Upon further investigation, FBI agents Carl Ekblad and Robert Romann were found surrounded by a telephone receiver with alligator clips, a small set of plastic screwdrivers, a battery pack, an output transmitter, several earphones and other electronic gear...
...vigorously resented; the tax, as it happened, had been raised by his opponent, former Governor Louie B. Nunn (no kin to Georgia's new Senator Sam Nunn). Huddleston labeled Oct. 1, when the tax repeal on food items took effect, as "Dee-day" and reminded voters to "dee-duct" part of the cost of bread, milk and other essential items...
...Part of an air duct came down on my head and I could not move. There was thick, choking smoke and water spewing from broken pipes. Soon the smoke began to clear. People milled about the crumpled, crying victims lying bleeding on the lawn. None, luckily, was dead. One girl, an employee of the hotel, had been completely buried under three feet of rubble. When they dug her out, all she could say was: 'I knew I should not have come to work today...