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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When a Honolulu grand jury indicted Three-Term Mayor Frank Fasi for bribery last March, Special Prosecutor Grant Cooper thought he had an airtight case. The flamboyant Fasi, 57, a former junk dealer given to gestures like throwing a birthday party for himself at Aloha Stadium and inviting 20,000 guests, was charged with entering into a "corrupt understanding" with Local Developer Hal Hansen. Granted immunity from prosecution, Hansen talked a lot. He alleged that Fasi was to have received $500,000 disguised as campaign contributions from Hansen in exchange for the contract to build a $50 million city-sponsored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Off the Hook | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...Coach Frank McLaughlin sent just seven players into the game, but those seven played like a bunch of inspired Bill Bradleys...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Icemen, Cagers Bag Three-Point Wins | 1/4/1978 | See Source »

...coffee percolator installed over Chistmas vacation in the Quincy House dining hall is operating and those installed in Leverett and Winthrop House dining halls will be "operating soon," Frank J. Weissbecker, director of Harvard Food Services, said yesterday...

Author: By Benjamin F. Myers, | Title: Perked Coffee Machines Ease Exam Blues in Three Houses | 1/4/1978 | See Source »

...surprise shift, Frank J. Weissbecker is appointed chief of the Harvard Police, replacing William Lee, who says he plans to devote himself full-time to "keeping my pitching arm in shape." Best-selling author Sherman Holcombe is appointed acting director of University Food Services...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pipe Dreams | 1/3/1978 | See Source »

Harvard Police Chief Frank J. Weissbecker announces the introduction of a "Police Soybeanization Program." In his first directive, the new top cop announces that all police handguns will be modified to fire .38-caliber soybeans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pipe Dreams | 1/3/1978 | See Source »

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