Letters Reveal Bribery Plot Behind School Heating Bid
A Burns agency investigator traces anonymous letters threatening a heating contract to a New York treasurer and a local political ring. He exposes a bribery scheme tying Holman Haney and Garver to corrupt politicians and a bid aimed at steering school contracts toward an inferior heating system.
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Carlin
Blank Heating
Blake
Continental Heating Company
Haney
Cornell
Taney
Garver
Continental Healing Company
Cluffer
Doheny
Levee
Handy
Honey
Heating contractor case ends in reputational downfall
A narrator exposes a graft setup involving a heating contractor and a politician through letters. Garver, the town leader, confronts the scheme, fires Haney, and ruins the contractor’s reputation, avoiding a public court case while shaming the corrupt.
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Haney
Garver
Brock
Man and Bird in Storms Test of Flight and Perception
The article compares human and avian flight in turbulent air, noting birds sense and react far faster than humans. It describes rapid bird perception seconds before action, examples of grouse and terns alighting for shelter, and a Hebrides storm where seabirds seek cover while a peregrine and doves occupy a sea cave.
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Richard Kearton
Yorkshire
Hebrides
Eivery Head
Peregrine Falcop
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