Word: thefts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when he was president of The Crimson, Maccoby and an accomplice engineered the theft of the famed Ibus, which sits atop the Lampoon Castle. Maccoby was, in turn, abducted by Lampoon editors. After a daring escape, Maccoby and his cohort flew to New York and presented the bird to the Russian delgation to the U.N. as "a sort of American bird of peace," on behalf of the Lampoon, requesting it be placed on the spire of the new Moscow University. The Lampoon president, John H. Updike '54, who was not amused, lodged an international protest and secured the bird from...
Blacks protested that authorities were moving too hastily against Jones, the first black superintendent in Dade County his tory, and Barnes, who is also black. But last week both were suspended from their jobs without pay and indicted for second-degree grand theft. They plan to plead not guilty. If convicted, they face maximum penalties of five years in prison and $10,000 fines. Jones, who had hitherto received high marks from the school board, and Barnes, an educator for twelve years, may also face the prospect of careers go ing down the drain...
...doesn't take long to enter a room and make the theft," Chafin said. Deterrence is weak if students leave doors unlocked and never challenge or report suspicious persons, he added...
...interview guidelines, though, can be contradictory. "We cannot ask someone applying for a teller's job whether they have ever been arrested," bemoans a senior hiring executive of one Manhattan bank. "We can ask if they have ever been convicted of the crimes of breach of trust or theft because they are considered relevant to the job. But we cannot ask about rape or murder convictions because you cannot show a relationship between those and the job qualifications." Larry Vickery, director of employment relations for General Motors, joked that affirmative action guidelines are so complex that a company "might...
...Young County jail in Graham, Texas, is remarkably unconfining. In the past two years 16 inmates have escaped. The record-at least for two-man escapes -is held by Jeffrey Lamb, 18, and David Bowman, 20, who were arrested last August on charges of burglary, attempted murder and car theft...