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...took it seriously. Finally, the new warden dispatched a special security squad to check it out. Sure enough, there in the prison shop were a three-wheel gocart, a motorcycle engine, a rear rotor blade-in short, more or less everything needed to build a helicopter except the main overhead blade. The criminal masterminds were a welder, a plumber and an electrician serving long sentences in maximum security. Warden George Sumner contends that the plot would never have flown anyway: "If they had tried to take off, they were right in front of Tower One here, and they would...
...other hand, the costs of buildings and guards for equipment that is not needed can be staggering. For example, at Ford Motor Co., which lost $1.06 billion in 1981 on sales of $38.2 billion, every $1 worth of inventory costs the company an additional 260 a year in overhead expenses. Sums up William J. Harahan, Ford's director of technical planning: "Substantial inventories are just no longer an affordable luxury...
...away with inventories entirely. Indeed, some inventory stockpiles are necessary to prevent unexpected supply interruptions from turning into crippling production bottlenecks that can spread havoc throughout the economy. But computers now permit companies to maintain leaner inventories, and this more precise business management should eventually reduce costly overhead charges and increase profits. -By Christopher Byron...
Down one set, the 6-ft., 5-in. Beckman used his strength to overpower Robertson's shots with awe-inspiring rallying and overhead smashes, and posted...
...study projects that contrary to widespread belief, enrollment in state schools will level off and that even without federal cuts, the need for state and will grow. Despite inflation and rising overhead costs, the set number for state grants has remained at $900. In the early '70s Massachusetts money covered total tuition for some of the lower-priced colleges in the state but now it goes towards no more than 40 percent...