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DIED. Santa C. Claus, 58, white-bearded, 280-lb. year-round Kris Kringle, who made personal appearances across the country and worked from 1970 to 1979 at the Santa's Workshop theme park in North Pole, N.Y.; of an apparent heart attack; in Chicago. In 1980 Claus legally changed his name from LeRoy Scholtz...
Georgia Senator Sam Nunn called the recipe a "perfect specification, cost-is-no-object" fruitcake. Pentagon officials replied that the elaborate instructions ensured product consistency. The cost worked out to a reasonable $1.51 per lb. About 75,000 lbs. were shipped to U.S. troops, who had no complaints, organoleptically or otherwise...
...thieves frequently hire pickers, who pluck away, looking like legitimate harvesters. In a few hours they can fill a pickup truck with avocados, which they then sell to wholesalers for more than $1 per lb. A year ago, before oversupply and rising water costs forced many growers out of business and helped cause the current shortage, the same fruit fetched about 27¢ per lb...
...price increases have mainly been at the wholesale level. Since November, when the severity of the damage became evident, Procter & Gamble has pushed up wholesale prices for its Folgers brand from $2.53 to $3.95 per lb. Many grocery stores expect prices to jump more than $1 per lb. during the next month...
Among them, of course, William Perry, 23, the least accomplished member the defense, the least essential attachment to the offense, the most famous football player in the world. "I thought I'd just come in and play behind the All-Pros," flects the Bears' 6-ft. 2-in., 304-lb. regular defensive tackle and part-time running back. "You know, play a little short-yardage defense, some special teams, make a few tackles hopefully. But to end up on offense and stuff, scoring touch downs and everything, being on a team that's 17 and 1 too. It's just...