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The owner of the clothing store-Rogers of Harvard Square, on 20 Dunster St.-said yesterday that at about 2 p.m., she noticed two $74 silk shirts missing from the store's racks and suspected that the customer leaving the store at the time had stolen them. After calling the...
Dot Helms had always wanted to adopt a child. In a 1962 newspaper article, Helms spotted a Greensboro orphan, age nine, who had cerebral palsy and wanted parents for Christmas. Helms succumbed. They arranged to meet at the zoo. Charles Helms, now 27, recalls: "I never will forget how tall...
Some businessmen growled that the new rules did nothing to discourage awards of back pay to employees who allege that they had been denied jobs or promotions because of discrimination. In fact, sharp-eyed readers of the Federal Register spotted something that should end those grumbles: a proposal requiring that...
Until the sudden failure, Voyager 2's performance was almost flawless. Picking up where its twin, Voyager 1, left off last November, it provided new insights into Saturn's turbulent weather. Banded with powerful jet streams, like those of neighboring Jupiter (which Voyager 2 surveyed in 1979), the...
Clubhouse sharpies quickly spotted a serious flaw. Since the standings of the prestrike season were, effectively, wiped clean, all 26 major league clubs resumed play on an equal footing. The New York Mets, 17 and 34 before the strike, spent a few heady days in first place after the season...