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Albert Franz Kessler, 39, a well-to-do Swiss citizen with business interests in Southern California, was among the passengers boarding the London-bound Trans World Airlines jetliner in Los Angeles last May 28. Wearing crisply pressed slacks and a sports shirt, Kessler was looking forward to a relaxing flight as he waited in line to board his plane. But suddenly he spotted two U.S. customs agents at the door of the Boeing 747. All at once nervous, he tried to back away from the entrance to the plane...
...their equally compelling accounts of the case, what actually happened that morning in Bonnie's bedroom was to have less bearing on subsequent events than what had gone before. Bonnie, an affectionate, vivacious woman with a mane of red hair and a fine soprano voice, came from a well-to-do suburban family. Richard, an illegitimate child, was a product of the Los Angeles barrio. The lovers met at Yale, of which Bonnie's father was a prominent alumnus; she was a freshman and Richard was a senior. Despite the differences in their interests and background, and opposition...
Hinckley's well-to-do family in Colorado tried to help him but without success. His mother Jo Ann testified to years of anguish, noting that her son's depressed condition had worsened dramatically in the fall of 1980. In October the family considered placing him in a mental hospital; a psychiatrist said no, urging the Hinckleys to persuade their son to accept responsibility for himself. John's parents gave him an ultimatum: by March 1, 1981, he was to have a job. Instead, he left home; a week later he called from New York, incoherent...
...Rates would fall for the rich and rise for the poor. Many flat-tax enthusiasts are willing to compromise on this point. They suggest applying the flat rate only to incomes above a certain level, perhaps $10,000. As a result, the poor would still pay low taxes. The well-to-do, on the other hand, might wind up paying more because they could no longer benefit from tax-shelter schemes. Moreover, a flat tax would sharply reduce cheating through fraudulent deductions...
...about the religious commands of peace, then I felt I had to do something about nuclear weapons." At Yale, 1,000 people filled the university chapel to hear Evangelist Billy Graham, a very recent convert to the cause, denounce nuclear war as the ultimate sin. In Rochester, Mich., a well-to-do Detroit suburb, a crowd of 500 paid $10 apiece to be enlightened by four speakers, including SALT Negotiator Paul Warnke...