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...said Brooks, who resigned as managing director soon after the disaster. He insisted that the mayor had approved key elements of police contingency plans, including the use of explosives, well in advance. That claim was strongly supported by Police Commissioner Sambor. Said Sambor: "I told the mayor that the insertion teams were going to use explosive charges to breach the walls so * they could insert gas through the holes...
...briefly toyed with the idea of having Kushner prepare a speech ("$800, and that's peanuts to a guy like you!"), but then appeared to let it drop. The talk had come down to jokes. For $250, Kushner would insert ten one-liners, where appropriate, into a company speech...
Family Weekly, which is inserted into the Sunday editions of 362 newspapers with a combined circulation of 12.8 million, was sold by CBS Inc. for a reported $30 million to $40 million, well below the $50 million CBS paid in 1980. Family Weekly has been suffering from a loss of advertising. Ad pages dropped from 814 in 1983 to 718 last year, while annual ad revenues declined from $102 million to an estimated $100 million. Its chief competitor, Parade, which appears in 135 papers, is also slumping. Advertising in that New house- owned insert fell from 754 pages...
...York City, a new tool cannily combines several grooming appliances in one 6-oz. unit. The 4-in. blower of Schildkraut's red plastic and metal gadget ($33) becomes both blow dryer and handle for the iron. Another take-along is Le Dome ($16.50) instant nail dryer. Simply insert fingers or toes into its plastic chamber, and a battery-driven fan dries them in two minutes...
...procedure is almost as easy as on earth. Callers will insert a major credit card into the slot on cordless, pushbutton models mounted in the cabin. The passenger can return to his seat with the handset and direct-dial any U.S. number (international calls are yet to be offered). The unit on the airplane is programmed to search out the best of Airfone's ground relay stations across the nation, one of which will automatically transfer the call to regular AT&T long lines. Callers will even be able to check in with their home answering machines for messages...