Divorced restaurateur offers free meals on knot untie day
Chicago restaurateur Billy Siegel offers a free dinner to anyone presenting divorce papers on the day their divorce is finalized. At That Steak Joynt he already counted about 15 takers, including exes Glenn and Carol Hugo dining separately. He says the promo makes divorce a festive occasion and will run until 2000 if successful.
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Billy Siegel
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Glenn
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Akron man builds 180 degree turntable driveway
Cuyahoga Falls engineer Carl Ford creates a carpeted aluminum turntable that rotates a car 180 degrees in 15 seconds using a modified garage door opener. Neighbors react, with costs estimated between 6000 and 8000 dollars and questions of affordability.
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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
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Computer reporters see signs of a home computer comeback
Writer notes Activision press goodies signal strength and industry recovery. He highlights Ghostbusters rights buyout, Infocom acquisition, and rising sales at Commodore Atari Apple IBM PC clones. Analysts and executives expect a renewed consumer market as prices drop and pent up demand returns.
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McNaught Syndicate
Activision
ELLE
Atari Game Designers
Gary Kitchen
America
Creative Software
Gamestar
Infocom
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