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...officials began casting around for a merger partner to save what was left. Early last week, a proposed merger with Detroit's solid, $498 million Bank of the Commonwealth unraveled when Public's accountant up and quit over "disagreements" with his bosses. Michigan State Banking Commissioner Charles Slay called it all "the damnedest mess I've ever seen...
...bank's end was quick and clean. Despairing of achieving a successful merger, Slay went into a Wayne County circuit courtroom at 6:45 one evening last week. The judge declared Public insolvent, put it in receivership with the Government's Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. FDIC quickly moved to safe guard Public's depositors by selling Public to Commonwealth, and provided the new owner with a $10 million guarantee against any further bad debts owed to Public. Six hours later, at 12:45 a.m., McGuire was informed of the deal by telephone. At 2 a.m., Commonwealth officers...
...dragon of televisionland is the Nielsen ratings service, and this spring its foes gleefully thought that they had found a white knight to slay it. Their champion was Richard ("Rex") Sparger, an ex-reporter and former Oklahoma state legislator, who boasted publicly that he "could make a hit of a show that was a failure." He also claimed that he had kited the ratings of four programs, notably last February's CBS special An Evening with Carol Charining...
...There is only one people on the planet who can slay the white man. The people who know him best. His ex-slaves." LeRoi Jones could be accused of inciting to violence-if anyone, white or black, were still listening...
Decisive End. "If Alkan had to perform his works in public, I'm sure he would have been kinder to himself," says Lewenthal, whose impulsive, steel-wristed style of playing is just right for Alkan. For him the concert stage is an arena, his mission "to slay the black dragon with the 88 gleaming teeth." To create the "proper atmosphere," he has the lights dimmed until he is little more than a silhouette on stage. A tall, hulking figure with a luxuriant growth of swept-winged black hair, he almost leaps off the bench to hammer home a fistful...