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...Roger Voisin conducts the Boston University Brass Ensemble in works of Purcell, Broiles, Bozza, Read, Gay and Lebow. 855 Commonwealth Ave, Thursday at 8 p.m. Call 353-3345 for additional information...
Died. Gabriel Voisin, 93, pioneer French aeronautical engineer; near Tournus, France. Voisin claimed that his biplane, which took off under its own power and flew a one-kilometer circuit in 1908, made the world's first valid aircraft flight. (The Wright Brothers in 1903 had used a catapult-assisted takeoff.) Voisin built 10,400 aircraft for the Allies during World...
...stock exchange rules require that shares be paid for within five trading days of their purchase; the brokerage firms generally sold out Treff's positions some time after that period because he had not paid. Most of the firms incurred small losses in the transactions, but one-Weis Voisin -earned $143. The houses can sue Treff to recover both actual and punitive damages, but they may not want to risk further publicity...
...Merrill Lynch; Paine, Webber; Reynolds Securities; White, Weld; Weis Voisin; and Yarnall, Riddle...
...Business stinks," says Jack Nussbaum, proprietor of Voisin. "It's down by an average 30% to 50%. People just aren't coming in." Business is also off at Quo Vadis, where dinner for two with wine can easily cost $50. But Co-Owner Bruno Caravaggi remains sanguine. "It can't last," he says. "There will always be people who seek our kind of service and attention." Attorney Victor Jacobs, who represents La Caravelle, La Cote Basque, Le Manoir and other luxury establishments, calculates that dollar volume has slipped 15% to 20% from last year's levels...