Word: walker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lobstermen in Kennebunkport, Me., are boiling mad about special arrangements for one of the neighbors. They learned last week that the U.S. Coast Guard will enforce a 500-yd. "security zone" in the waters around George Bush's summer home on Walker's Point, site of some of Maine's best lobstering. Whenever the President is in residence, Coast Guard cutters will stop and search lobster boats seeking to enter the zone. Even more frustrating to the 40 or so lobstermen affected: the cutters' propellers tend to get snarled in the traplines, resulting in dozens of lost traps...
Other telescam artists pretend to be travel agents offering extraordinary discounts. In Illinois, Scott Walker and his mother started World Travel Vacation Brokers in their garage, mailing flyers to consumers around the country that promised Hawaiian vacations for just $29. Gullible customers who called in their orders received a voucher entitling them to book a trip through the agency, but at a cost of several hundred dollars more. By the time FTC investigators took the company to court, the outfit had taken in more than $6 million...
...Nancy Smith-Alam, Melanie Stephens, Robert B. Stevens, Eleanor Taylor Photographers: Terry Ashe, P.F. Bentley, William Campbell, Rudi Frey, Dirck Halstead, Peter Jordan, Shelly Katz, David Hume Kennerly, Neil Leifer, Steve Liss, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Matthew Naythons, Chris Niedenthal, David Rubinger, Antonio Suarez, Ted Thai, Diana Walker...
...Ginger Walker, a vivacious 30-year-old Clay Centerite, launched her own business, Ginger's Shoe Shoppe, three years ago. Her stylish boutique carries an impressive assortment of stock, and has attracted enough customers so far to make a passable profit. Says Walker: "The biggest challenge is to compete with the large communities around us. Our prices aren't that much different. It's just the magic of the malls...
...Smith-Alam, Melanie Stephens, Robert B. Stevens Photographers: Terry Ashe, P.F. Bentley, William Campbell, Rudi Frey, Dirck Halstead, Peter Jordan, Shelly Katz, David Hume Kennerly, H. Edward Kim, Neil Leifer, Steve Liss, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Matthew Naythons, Chris Niedenthal, David Rubinger, Antonio Suarez, Ted Thai, Diana Walker...