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Packed in a large metal container and invoiced as metaux ouvres (worked metal), the coin shipment was met at Paris' Gare de Bercy by Jean Trottin, 51, a driver for a truck-rental agency. He loaded the container onto a flatbed tractor-trailer truck for delivery to a Bank of France side entrance. Shortly after leaving the station, Trottin found himself cut off by a disabled truck and got out to give a hand. Minutes later the two were surrounded by four pistol-carrying men and ordered into a nearby Peugeot sedan. One gunman took the wheel of Trottin...
Backers of the Udall bill insist that the enormous acreage they seek is essential if Alaska's fragile ecosystems are to be preserved. Tundra, for example, recovers so slowly that a tractor's tracks are visible years after they are made; many of Alaska's animals require substantial sections of terrain for forage. "While 114 million acres may sound like a lot, there's an awful lot to preserve up there," says the Sierra Club's Charles Clusen. "It takes 100 square miles to support a single arctic brown bear...
...contribution, which should exceed $1300, is significant because the country is only slightly larger than Rhode Island, and even a single tractor, effectively used, has a notable impact, Raymond A. Almeida, director of TCHUBA said last night...
Monteiro said a tractor will cost just under $2000, and if the fast does not raise the full amount TCHUBA will cover the difference, Almeida said...
...branch of the National Council of Protestant Churches will pay between $500 and $600 to transport the tractor to Sao Tiago in May, he added...