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...hefty charges by calling a particular number in that country. An international treaty requires AT&T to pay for all calls made to Moldova, even if they were made under fraudulent circumstances. Duped customers in the U.S. have to pay their bills, too, said AT&T security manager Richard Petillo: "We're trying to make accommodations where we can, but the subscribers actually made the calls and it would be unfair to other subscribers to offer those people the option of not paying." The FTC says it has no evidence that the government of Moldova was involved...
...Carol M. Petillo, a Boston College assistant professor of history who discovered the long secret financial transaction while doing research for her doctorate, suggested last week that there were "many layers" to the story. "To call the money a bribe would be simplistic," she said. "President Quezon could have believed that he was acting in the best interests of his countrymen, as perhaps...
...MacArthur, it was against regulations for U.S. officers to receive payment from foreign governments, but the rule could be waived for special advisers like MacArthur if the War Department approved. Petillo found evidence that both President Roosevelt and Secretary of War Henry Stimson knew of Quezon's large payment to MacArthur and did nothing about it. MacArthur's eloquent communiques from embattled Corregidor had made him a national hero. Said Petillo: "We needed a hero...
...arrangement keeps him from losing his steeplejack jobs. Of Brenda Frazier's ex-footballer "Shipwreck" Kelly, Alvin says: "I guess there's plenty of room for two of us as long as he don't go climbin' any poles." ∙ ∙ Racing Driver Kelly Carl Petillo, winner of the Indianapolis speedways in 1935, was charged with "suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon" on a Los Angeles cop. Petillo has two shiners, the cop one. ∙ ∙ Jack Dempsey is making personal appearances with a small-time circus. He referees side-show boxing matches, doubles occasionally...
...important as skill, stamina and mechanical endurance at Indianapolis, even the most enthusiastic Shavian gave him little chance to repeat, especially in a field that included such highhearted and heavy-footed drivers as young Rex Mays, who earned the favored pole position with his top qualifying speed; Kelly Petillo, only other onetime winner (1935); 44-year-old Cliff Bergere, Hollywood stunt man who finished in the money seven times in twelve starts; Mauri Rose, 1936 national champion; Ted Horn, among the first five for the past four years; and Joel Thorne, daredevil New York millionaire who placed seventh a year...