Pay First Then Eat: Boston Restaurants Demand Prepaid Checks
Bob Greene reports three Boston area eateries require customers to pay the check before eating. The policy aims to speed service for busy business diners and avoid wait times.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1983
Page
3
Bob Greene reports three Boston area eateries require customers to pay the check before eating. The policy aims to speed service for busy business diners and avoid wait times.
The Senate approved Paul Volcker 84 to 16 to lead the Federal Reserve Board for another four years. Volcker, 55, has chaired the Fed since August 1979 amid blistering policy criticism. The stock market flirted with record highs before a sharp drop, with IBM's rumored Sept. 1 computer launch fueling concerns about competition.
Opponents of the Reagan administration backed bill to freeze target prices on wheat and feed grains began a filibuster on Wednesday. Reagan asserts the freeze would save 3.9 billion dollars in farm payments as opponents prepare to debate the measure.
New group of campers arrived at Camp Huaga last weekend and no illnesses have been reported this session amid prior outbreaks affecting over 160 campers. Officials are still investigating the mystery illness and its cause.
A pit bull terrier trained to attack to help his master rols victims has been condemned. An assistant city attorney said the dog will be destroyed after being proven vicious at the Seattle Animal Center.
The Justice Department will not prosecute Rep. Ronald Dellums and Rep. Charles Wilson and former Rep. Barry Goldwater Jr. over drug allegations. It will provide all investigative materials to the House Ethics Committee for possible further action, while noting insufficient evidence for criminal charges. The probe had centered on cocaine and marijuana use by lawmakers and former House staff.
Iowa City woman 18 says she was confined for five hours by Rickie Brown and Brenda Mangold who beat her and threatened death. Brown and Mangold charged with assault causing injury and false imprisonment. Morrison treated for extensive bruising and released from hospital.
Cedar Rapids mother Brandy Jo Clemons, 27 months, sleeps with a monitoring device for sleep apnea linked to crib death fears. Family plans travel to Atlanta for evaluation at the National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute, seeking funds to cover roughly 1000 in travel and living costs.
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