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...unusual convoy. Three armored tractor-trailers were bound from the Denver Mint to the Bank of America in San Francisco last week with a $2.6 million cargo. When they stopped for the night in Oakland, Calif., at the Edgewater-West Adult Motor Inn, known for its X-rated movies, three bandits broke into one of the trucks. The driver on guard saw them only in time to fire his revolver at a Lincoln Continental speeding away...
...long been dubbed Taxachusetts because of its high levies, including a property tax 70% higher than the national average. Bay Staters voted drastic relief in the form of Proposition 2½, which will limit a homeowner's property tax to 2.5% of the full market value, reduce the motor vehicle excise tax by 62% and allow renters to deduct 50% of then-annual rent from state income tax. State employees, teachers and labor leaders maintained that "2½" would force the average municipality to cut its budget by 40%, thus crippling public education as well as police and fire...
...first seen in 1900 listening to His Master's Voice, have long been a favorite advertising come-on. But now a Noah's Ark of furry little friends is barking, growling and clucking to promote products. In the process, the animals are earning stunning salaries. The Ford Motor Co. has just spent $40,000 for the services of two lynxes, one for close-ups and one for jumps, in three commercials for its new Mercury Lynx cars. Grizzly bears regularly command $1,000 a day, and nimble chimpanzees $2,500. Even dogs can turn their wags into riches...
...sprawling green and white house overlooking the Atlantic on New Providence Island in the Bahamas. He is much devoted to his wife Pat and their five children. By all accounts, he lives simply, though he does indulge himself occasionally. At his private dock are moored a 60-ft. motor cruiser, a 27-ft. fishing boat, three small motorboats and a sailboat,and his yard is crammed with expensive equipment for them...
...Botha's remarks about the Ford Motor Company's employment practices in South Africa were those of a man who has experienced those practices first hand, and there are certainly those in South Africa who would share his assessment. But for fairness to Ford, I believe your story would have done well to note that several independent surveys, South African and American, have found Ford to be among the industrial leaders in the field of labor reform...