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...rumor in Laguna Niguel, Calif., was that Building Contractor Frederick Penney, 57, embittered by a divorce contest, wanted to hire a hitman to kill his wife. So an agent of the Orange County sheriffs department, posing as a killer for hire, arranged a meeting with the suspect. The upshot, say investigators: a $3,000 contract to kill Susan Penney, 35. Half was paid up front; the balance was due after the deed, which was supposed to look like an accidental fall in the bathtub...
...Islanders sharpshooter put a wrist shot past the stick of goalies Steve Penney for his 16th game-winning goal in Stanley Cup competition. Bossy stands second only to Maurice Richard...
...Wendy's. One company wanted to put out a line of male underwear with the slogan "Here's the buns, where's the beef?" Said Stone: "That was a no." Bootleggers are already peddling unauthorized beef byproducts. A T-shirt company sold items to J.C. Penney, and another firm tried to peddle unlicensed refrigerator magnets, before Wendy's forced them both to stop...
...other Square businessmen are less sanguine about the development. "When they tear the old building down, a little of me will go down with it....[Gelotte's] has been a landmark for 45 years," says John Penney, who worked for Gelotte's for 14 years and is now manager of Ferranti Dege Camera Shop across the street...
...fashion image, some department stores are privately threatening to cease ordering from designers who sell to what they consider to be less desirable outlets. New York City's Bergdorf Goodman stopped carrying Halston clothes when it discovered that the designer had created a line of clothing for J.C. Penney that included $100 dresses (compared with $1,000 to $2,000 for a typical Halston dress at Bergdorf's). Says President Ira Neimark: "We decided that designers and retailers have to decide who their customers are. Halston made his decision, and we have made ours...