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...obtained from county voting rolls-and reported that she had not filed a claim in the past 18 months. From a marriage certificate, Weston discovered that Doderer had been married only once; from birth certificates, that she was a housewife when her children were born, in 1948 and 1951. Motor vehicle records showed that she had used a $2,000 loan from the Hawkeye State Bank to buy her 1976 Plymouth Valiant and also revealed that she is 54, blonde, blue-eyed 5 ft 6 in and 1401bs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRIVACY: Striking Back At the Super Snoops | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

...must take exception to your statement: "Like Lockheed, the British auto giant [British Leyland Motor Corp.] had to seek government assistance to keep it going; in 1975 the British government spent millions to buy 95% of the company's stock and rescue it from bankruptcy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 27, 1977 | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

Cronin's, on Mt. Auburn St. near the Treadway Motor Inn, is our personal favorite. The drinks and food are good, generous, and reasonably priced; the waitresses are friendly and efficient, and the music is always good. The early '50s decor, including wooden booths, makes this a pleasant, relaxed place to down some chillies with friends...

Author: By George Gershwin, | Title: Consumer's guide to the Square | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

...this summer because refiners had to devote more of their production than usual to heating oil during the icy winter. But now only a few spot shortages of unleaded fuel are possible. On June 3, at the start of the warm-weather driving season, national inventories of motor fuel totaled 257 million bbl., 38 million bbl. more than a year earlier, and driving has not been increasing much. During the first four months of 1977, drivers used only 1.9% more gasoline than they did during early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUPPLY: The Direst Fears Disappear | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

...multinational companies have become so commonplace that exposing them is emerging as a growth industry in itself. Last week when the London tabloid Daily Mail published an expose of an elaborate system of alleged bribes and payoffs maintained by Britain's big, government-controlled automaker, British Leyland Motor Corp., the shock waves reached the highest levels of Britain's shaky Labor government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Taken for a Camel Ride? | 5/30/1977 | See Source »

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