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...pair of gray-haired men looked like any of the other retirees at a Publix Super Market in Hollywood, Fla. But when they reached the cashier, one abruptly pulled out a gun and demanded money. Loot in hand, the two fled from the store, jumped into a get away car, and were whisked away by another aging driver. The trio has played out that scene five times this year, knocking off Wells Fargo armored cars as well as supermarkets and a bank. They are still at large...
...idea for USA Today, which now occupies 160,000 sq. ft. of a Rosslyn, Va., office tower overlooking the capital's monuments, was nurtured about three years ago in a bungalow mere blocks away from Neuharth's home in Cocoa Beach, Fla.; the Gannett team worked behind windows coated with reflective paper to discourage the curious. By April 1981 the plan had progressed to prototype issues, which were mailed to public figures, journalists and financial analysts for comment. Some of the reaction was pungent. Publisher Joe Murray of the Pulitzer-prizewinning Lufkin, Texas, News returned his dummy issue...
...government-owned Pinellas Plant in St. Petersburg, Fla.--which G.E. runs for a yearly fee of more than $2 million--company employees design, develop and produce neutron generators, testing devices and other "special electronic and mechanical components" for the U.S. nuclear weapons program, says the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) in a recent report on ethical questions related to G.E.'s nuclear work...
...life. Anything can happen. You must clear your mind from all problems, even from your family." Tony Lush, 33, whose 54-ft. ketch Lady Pepperell is sponsored by the textile-manufacturing company, has taken a leave from his job as chief of laboratory testing at Hunter Marine of Alachua, Fla. Tom Lindholm, 57, of Hidden Hills, Calif., has left his law practice in the hands of his partner and son to take the helm of his 41-ft. sloop Driftwood. Dan Byrne, 53, of Santa Monica, Calif., is relying on his wife Patricia to provide shore support; she intends...
Luke, I have taught you many things, my boy. Don't tell shaggy Wookie stories, for one thing. Also, always be on the lookout for a hot book property. While you were off chasing Princess Leia, Rusty Miller, 12, a junior high school student in Satellite Beach, Fla., came up with The Jedi Master's Quizbook, a compilation of 425 intergalactic questions that will have Yoda himself scratching his noggin. After seeing Star Wars five times and The Empire Strikes Back six, young Master Rusty spent three months compiling his collection, which his mother typed up. George Lucas...