Lead Story
A New Jersey memorabilia firm, Royal Golf Associates, is asking $15,000 for the .38 caliber revolver that Clifford Roberts (longtime chairman of the Masters golf tournament) used to commit suicide on the grounds at Augusta, Georgia, in 1977.
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In January the Chicago Trunk and Leather Works started renting $1,100 briefcases (about $200 for three days) to executives who want to improve their image for meetings. Said a company spokesman, “Even with a well-cut suit, silk tie, and $50 haircut, all eyes around the conference table will eventually focus on your attache.”
Questionable Judgments
Government researchers in Bethesda, Maryland, conducting a study of douching practices of women in Utah, reported in March that 8 of the 674 in the study douched regularly with household cleaners such as Lysol and Pine-Sol.
