Word: payments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Whose Coffin Plan? Another McHale client is seeking Government payment for a product it didn't make. This is the Alliance (Ohio) Seamless Casket Co., which claims it developed a new kind of coffin for reburial of American servicemen killed overseas in World War II. It admits that it has no patent, had no contract with and produced no caskets for the Government. The case presented by McHale: the Government saved $12,575,000 by adopting Alliance specifications and giving them to other manufacturers...
...been fined 10,000 Hong Kong dollars. All had refused to pay, had been forced to kneel on the links of chains, with other heavy chains around their necks, and had then been denied food & water. In the end, all had confessed. One had been publicly executed but, pending payment, Sin-shee Jang was being forced to wear a sign reading "Landlord" and to walk miles each day on her bound feet...
After that, it's a $10 fine. If that falls to earn the University comptroller the necessary funds, he is empowered to order the Dean's Office to apply disciplinary action. Bouncing checks are considered late payment...
...Well, you realize that I'm really not allowed to talk about money at this time. But we do have the large economy size set for just a little over $100. All you need is a small deposit, and you take care of the rest on our easy monthly payment plan...
Cash & Carry. In Long Beach, Calif., after Garageman Paul V. Blanke refused to accept a check in payment for gasoline, the enraged customer pulled out a gun, heisted $65 from Blanke's till, made Blanke carry the fuel to his stalled...