Word: rewards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...come in the form of monetary contributions, donated supplies or volunteer teachers. Programs ranee from field trips for the underprivileged to lessons in offshore engineering for the gifted. In Boston, the Bank of New England donated $300,000 for a five-year program to recognize and reward outstanding teachers. In Atlanta, Rich's department store has helped start an academy in an unused portion of its downtown store to teach basic courses as well as black history to 100 high school dropouts and potential dropouts. The Dolores Canning Co. in East Los Angeles provides monthly prizes for a good...
...Websters have passed the months without cracking their mask of endurance and restraint--recently posting a new reward for information on Joan, holding repeated press conferences to keep her case visible. But a footnote to Bonnic's case this week cast her bereaved parents in a slightly different light. After numerous legal battles, Herrin finally began serving an eight to 25-year jail term. Meanwhile, the Garlands initiated civil proceedings, suing their daughter's murderer for $2 million in damages for "emotional anguish" and funeral and medical bills. On Monday, a judge awarded them $40,000 in damages, plus another...
...There are no hard leads. There never were any. You had facts from day one. A Wallet, a suitcase. There were no fingerprints," he says "Right now, I'll take anything I can get" from individuals responding to the reward offer. "I feel very bad for these people," he adds after a moments pause. "I have children myself...
...Websters have learned that inside anecdotes help to make a news story more saleable. At Tuesday's conference, Terry said that the picture on the new reward poster had once hung in the library of their Glen Ridge, N. J. home. But the large, framed photo has since been removed because "it was too much," George explained...
...handed out at least four different press releases, complete with information on the "latest developments," background on Joan, and details of the ongoing investigation. For newspapers that weren't able to send a photographer to the conference, the Websters had even produced still photographs of themselves and the new reward poster. To the gold pin on Terry's left lapel and to the stripe in George's maroon tie, the advance photos had been planned to match pictures taken during the conference itself...