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Long-lost wallet returned. (The Goodness of America).(Brief Article)
More than a half-century ago, after retiring from the San Francisco Police Department, John Payne Sr. entered the produce business and often traveled up and down the West Coast on buying ventures. One day in 1951, while purchasing produce at a market in Bakersfield, California, he inadvertently left his wallet in a phone booth. It contained sundry identification items, including his old police I.D. card, a record of recent travel expenses, a prayer card, a religious medal, a six-cent airmail stamp -- and $60 in cash.
It was never returned, and Payne died four years later without telling anyone in his family about it. Then in April of this year, the wallet arrived at the police department's lost and found office and was subsequently turned over to Payne's grandson, police officer John Payne III (his father, John "Jack" Payne II, had also served on the force).
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat for April 28th revealed that a typed note had accompanied the wallet. Signed by Tucson, Arizona, resident Robert Kupbens, 79, it read in part: "Dear Sir, I found this wallet in a ...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire September 13, 2007 700+ words
...reporting platforms, has hired healthcare technology veteran John Payne as chief information officer (CIO) to manage delivery of...systems," said Frank Marshall, COO of MedSynergies. "Adding John Payne to our team in a new CIO position enables the company to focus...
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- Newspaper article from: Accra Mail (Ghana) January 22, 2007 700+ words
(From Accra Mail (Ghana) - AAGM) John Payne, former Director, British Council Ghana has been chosen...published in the official Crown newspaper, the London Gazette. John Payne was Director British Council Ghana from 2003 to 2006. During...
- John Payne. Journey Up the Thames. William Morris and Modern England.
- Magazine article from: Utopian Studies Prouty, William January 1, 2002 700+ words
John Payne. Journey Up the Thames. William Morris and Modern England. Nottingham...of modern life. I wonder whether my professor has changed his mind? John Payne has chosen to structure his book on the journey of Wm Guest up the Thames...
- Stamps.com CEO, John Payne, Interviews on StreetSideInvestor.
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 29, 2000 700+ words
Business Editors VALPARAISO, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 2000 Mr. John Payne, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Stamps.com (Nasdaq:STMP) is featured this morning in StreetSideInvestor's Executive...
- Lorimer, David, Clarke, Chris, Cosh, John, Payne, Max, and Mayne, Alan, (1999)....
- Magazine article from: Frontier Perspectives September 22, 1999 700+ words
Lorimer, David, Clarke, Chris, Cosh, John, Payne, Max, and Mayne, Alan, (1999). Wider Horizons: Explorations in Science and Human Experience. Scotland: The Scientific...
- Las Vegas-based Harrah's promotes John Payne to Gulf Coast regional president.
- Magazine article from: New Orleans CityBusiness April 4, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Staff Harrah's New Orleans General Manager John Payne will be promoted to Gulf Coast regional president following regulatory approval of the company's merger with Las Vegas-based...
- Changes Come at Stamps.com.(John Payne resigns)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal October 23, 2000 700+ words
Internet postage company Stamps.com said John Payne resigned as chairman and chief executive, four days after three other top executives resigned their posts with the 4-year...
- Le Grand Executif: Regional President for Harrah's, John Payne, knows the...
- Magazine article from: New Orleans CityBusiness July 25, 2005 700+ words
...hands of card cheats and digging the occasional hole in the desert to deposit unlucky rivals. Harrah's regional President John Payne, 36, doesn't long for gambling's old days. "From where the industry started it is very different," Payne said with...
Source: HighBeam Research, Long-lost wallet returned. (The Goodness of America).(Brief Article)