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Trailing by just seven points, the Crimson eleven embarked on one of the most tempestuous 15-minute spans of football ever witnessed in the Ivy League. The fourth quarter was a jewel box of a game, studded with rare and precious offensive gems...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Crimson Loses 31-30 Thriller In Last Minute | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...make as much as "a half-million dollars" through television appearances and writing books about the slaying. But Eist's credibility came under assault from Lane, who said he had just learned that Eist had been dismissed from Scotland Yard and charged with perjury and bribery in a jewel-theft case. In fact, Eist was tried in 1976 on charges of perverting justice and conspiracy to commit corruption, but was acquitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: I Did Not Shoot King | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

...American subculture. In spirit they seem first cousins to the pioneers-except that the next horizon does not promise rich bottom land or gold. Still, there are rewards along the way. Some business couples, like the Crowthers from San Diego, live year round in their bus, a Newell Jewel; Dick, 38, and Mikey, 34, make a good living selling French cookware at the two dozen motor-coach rallies they attend each year. For a few, like TV Actor Darold Westbrook, 46, and his wife, Darlene, 45, a converted 1950 vintage Greyhound is not only a convenience for off-beat locations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In South Dakota: The Motor Homers Gather | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

...cold, dark January night. John Mendell, 31, and Steve Garcia, 29, both burglars by trade and members of a gang of jewel thieves, creep up to a sprawling ranch-style house in the swank Chicago suburb of River Forest. The owner is vacationing in Florida, and there is $1 million in jewelry inside?jewelry they believe is rightfully theirs. A conversation can be imagined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Something Fishy in Chicago | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

...adept burglar thought to be part of the gang, was found shot to death in a car in suburban Stone Park. Two weeks later police discovered the mutilated body of Garcia in the trunk of a car at a motel near Chicago's O'Hare Airport. A fourth jewel thief associated with the gang, John McDonald, 43, was shot to death in a North Side alley in April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Something Fishy in Chicago | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

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