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...word spreading even to other states. On the advice of a cousin in Birmingham, one thief drove a stolen 1986 Buick Skylark / from a dealer's lot in Atlanta to Johnny's. He got $700, and Johnny got his name and telephone number. Says Charles Jordan, the Birmingham police sergeant who helped direct the operation: "After a while, greed takes over wisdom...
Beggs and three General Dynamics executives were charged with conspiring to defraud the Government by improperly billing some $7.5 million while producing the DIVAD, a prototype for a gun designed to protect troops from air attack. The weapon later became known as the Sergeant York when a contract to make it was awarded to Ford Aerospace in 1981. The Sergeant York turned into a misbegotten project that was finally scrapped four months ago, after $1.8 billion had been spent on development...
...long career in vaudeville achieved Broadway stardom in High Button Shoes (1947) and Top Banana (1951), appeared in such movies as It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, but was best known for his portrayal of Master Sergeant Ernie Bilko, the glib, rascally hero of the 1950s TV series the Phil Silvers Show; in Century City, Calif...
Former Master Sergeant Samuel K. Doe is a fervent anti-Communist who reportedly practices his English by studying videotapes of President Reagan's speeches. The Administration had hoped it could persuade Doe, who seized power five years ago, to emulate the U.S. in other ways as well. Officials in Washington threatened to withhold U.S. aid if he did not hold free and fair elections. Liberia, founded 138 years ago by freed U.S. slaves, receives some $85 million a year from...
...officers were assigned to Harvard Square on Friday and Saturday nights in addition to the four officers reqularly assigned, according to Police Sergeant Timmothy Hogan. The officers were positioned near the MBTA station, a hang-out for local youths and the site of the stabbing last weekend...