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...million in margin calls-demands that he pony up enough cash to make up the drop in price of the commodities. Unable to pay, DeAngelis last week took refuge in bankruptcy, leaving his hapless brokers stuck with his immense debt. His action shattered the well-established brokerage firms of Ira Haupt & Co. and J. R. Williston & Beane, triggered a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation and raised once more some serious questions about how Wall Street's professionals conduct their business...
DeAngelis was into Ira Haupt for at least $18 million, and Williston & Beane for $1,610,000. When the oil prices fell sharply and DeAngelis could not meet his margin calls, neither firm had the ready cash to pay off his debts. The New York Stock Exchange-and later the American Exchange-ruled that since neither firm could meet the capital requirement to do business on the exchange, both would be barred from all trading. After two days of scurrying about, Williston & Beane raised the money it needed and won reinstatement. At Ira Haupt, the situation was much more desperate...
...DONALD IRA FRENCH JR. Berlin...
...plot is simple. When an Irish boy is arrested in Belfast for killing a policeman, Monsewer's IRA colleagues kidnap a 19-year-old English soldier and bring him to the house as a hostage for the life of "the Bel-fast martyr." The soldier falls in love with a maid and makes friends with the other occupants, but when he begs them to help him escape, they refuse. There is a surprise ending, which we won't spoil...
Behan sneers at all his characters. His IRA soldiers fight fiercely for an utterly ridiculous cause. The social workers sing a parody on "Danny Boy" entitled "No One Loves You But Yourself." When the soldier demands to know why he is to die, the caretaker can only cite English atrocities to Ireland during the reign of Queen Victoria...