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...year-old, Roger Dean Adams had drunk quite a lot that day-a dozen beers and some wine, his buddies said. After dark, Adams and two companions sneaked into the Portland, Ore., zoo. He lowered himself into the grizzly bear's grotto, but the bear ignored him. He climbed out and tried the pit occupied by two lions, Caesar and Sis. Sis lunged at Adams, catching him by the feet. He died of a punctured jugular vein...
...average sank 21 points. By Tuesday night, after another large drop, the average was down to 63], its lowest since 1962. Brokers and investors, who had watched stock values drop $280 billion in the long bear market, expressed their total gloom in bitter jokes. Sample from a broker in Portland, Ore.: "I sleep like a baby. I wake up every hour...
...NATHAN SHLIM Portland...
Later decisions by the courts will probably refine that standard. Nonetheless, Moore's opinion may well serve as a precedent for stopping other controversial public works projects that involve dikes-for example, an airport extension into the Columbia River at Portland, Ore. Even more important, says Lawyer Sive, "the public interest in environmental resources is now a legally protected interest...
...invite businessmen to lunch tell them that the free meal is all the help that their bank can give in 1970. One banker cheerily explains the meaning of the recent prime-rate cut: the money that business once could not borrow at 8½ is now unavailable at 8%. Portland brokers have started a betting pool on which firm will go bankrupt first-and when...