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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last spring Dr. Dunk's achievements had made him one of the most sought-after high school players in the U.S. More than 200 colleges were hoping to snag him. Dozens of coaches or their representatives made the long trek to the Washington...
That Europeans have qualms about further action against Iran was made very clear to Vance. Britain fears that additional economic retaliation might cause its embassy in Tehran to be attacked next. The British government has considered many options on the crisis, said a high official, but "you wind up rejecting most of them because they could endanger the hostages or lead to the taking of more hostages." West German officials warned that if the crisis turned into an economic war that involved other Middle East oil producers, the U.S. might lose its present worldwide support...
...successfully undergone two lie-detector tests and ten days of twelve-hour interrogations by Government agents, and his story remains unshaken. The Securities and Exchange Commission, the Justice Department and the IRS are pur suing investigations. An Amoco spokesman acknowledges that the SEC has subpoenaed four high-ranking current and former executives along with corporate records from the Atlanta office...
Anderson also asserts that he covered the bills for expensive junkets taken by managers, their wives and women friends. He claims to have provided cash for gambling trips to Las Vegas, including $2,500 that was supposed to be handed to a very high executive through an intermediary. His "training fund," says he, paid for a lavish party for the daughter of one company official and covered the one-month-only charge account at a top Atlanta department store for the fiancee of another. He contends that Amoco rigged contests at its dealer service stations, and relatives of company executives...
...Star Ranch was a legal brothel, and Fran York, its madam for the past eight years, not only ran one of the best little whorehouses in Nye County but was a highly respected member of the community. She helped buy uniforms for the local high school band, she regularly took out an ad in the high school yearbook, and she made donations to the Beatty volunteer fire department. "She's always the first one out there to help," says Benefit Organizer Helen Terry. Adds V.F.W. Member Norm Martindale: "The benefit is not for Fran's Star Ranch...