Word: potters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Every few hours, when one of the local stations reruns It's a Wonderful Life, George Bailey reruns down the main street of Bedford Falls, wishing Merry Christmas to Old Man Potter and the Emporium and the Savings and Loan...
...deeply sorry for the people who have been hurt," Bakker contritely told U.S. District Judge Robert Potter just before the sentencing. "I have sinned. I have made mistakes. But never in my life did I intend to defraud anyone." That last-ditch bid for leniency made little impression on the judge, known as "Maximum Bob" because of his penchant for stiff sentences. "Those of us who do have a religion are sick of being saps for money- grubbing preachers and priests," Potter angrily told the defendant. Bakker, 49, was quickly bound in handcuffs and leg-irons and driven...
...many cases, the gold mines are located in remote, desolate regions. But some impinge on popular campsites, and one, ominous as a shark with wide-open jaws, is poised right on the edge of the tiny town of Tuscarora (permanent pop. 12). Julie Parks, wife of the local potter, fears that the mine is getting ready to swallow the town. First to disappear was the town swimming hole, a water-filled shaft left over from an earlier mining boom. "It's a crazy thing that's going on here," she exclaims. "I'm living in a place that...
Fittingly, the proceedings ended on a theatrical note. In the bail hearing, Federal Judge Robert Potter said he could not forget the parade of 35 Bakker loyalists who had spoken for the defense. "They have a Jim Jones mentality," he said, in a bizarre reference to the cult leader responsible for 900-plus deaths by mass suicide. "I've seen these people out here who think he could walk on water." Despite fears that Bakker's fans might spirit him out of the country, Potter freed the telefelon on a $250,000 secured bond; he must report daily...
Although Bakker will almost certainly not get the maximum penalty (120 years and $5 million in fines) when he is sentenced Oct. 24, he is likely to spend time behind bars. Potter had earlier meted out a tough eight years in prison and a $200,000 fine to former Bakker aide Richard Dortch, even though Dortch testified for the prosecution. Two other staffers who provided evidence drew draconian prison terms for tax evasion...