Word: repossess
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Recently, our Subscription Service Department in Chicago received an appeal from Subscriber Russell Stetson of Sharon, Mass. He wrote: "Could you help me repossess a watch which is probably now in possession of a part of your organization? I will then be able to look...
...except for a monthly visit to his theater. Next day he sends cryptic memos to the directors. He still manages to keep his musical empire humming, brings eminent Western concert stars to the town (e.g., Singers Marian Anderson and Helen Traubel, Violinist Yehudi Menuhin). Early this year, he will repossess Takarazuka's Tokyo branch, which the occupation forces had turned into the famed Ernie Pyle movie theater. Last week the old showman ventured forth to take in a special show with a Christmas finale. Sample lyric...
SHIPPER ARISTOTLE ONASSIS is in for more stormy weather. The U.S. Government is moving to repossess the 16 surplus tankers that Onassis bought from the U.S. and is suing for $20 million that it charges he made illegally on the deal...
...Angeles televiewers this week got a closeup look at some extremely fancy shenanigans: they watched two collection-agency men in a fascinating demonstration of the techniques of repossessing an automobile. The two approached four locked cars, and using burglars' tools and master keys, opened the doors. As the camera peered over their shoulders, they showed how to "hot wire" a car (i.e., bypass the ignition lock) to start the engine. Then they demonstrated another favorite gadget of "repo" men: an equalizer tube for quick inflation of tires in case delinquent owners have deliberately flattened tires to ward off repossession...
...dime from her husband since October. Rockefeller's lawyer promptly waved a $2,500 check, endorsed by Bobo, which he said she accepted as a "Christmas gift" to Winthrop Jr., 5, in December. Replied Bobo: even now, a cruel Man hattan merchant was trying to repossess her $100 vacuum cleaner. At week's end hostilities cooled as abruptly as they had flared up. The settlement, to which Bobo agreed "in principle," was handsome-and had plenty of principal: for Bobo, $2,000,000 cash, a $1,000,000 trust fund, plus either $70,000-a-year alimony...