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for <unk> some people call ed and <unk> warren |
when it comes to <unk> ghosts the <unk> conn. couple are perfect <unk> |
they claim to have <unk> spirits <unk> and other <unk> in hundreds of houses around the country |
they say they now get three or four legitimate calls a week from people <unk> by haunts |
i firmly believe in angels <unk> and ghosts says mr. warren whose business card <unk> him as a <unk> |
if <unk> do n't work but your house still seems <unk> you can call any one of a swelling band of skeptics such as richard <unk> |
a professional <unk> and <unk> he heads the pittsburgh branch of the committee for the scientific investigation of the <unk> |
mr. <unk> says there is a scientific explanation for all haunts and he can even tell you how to encourage the spirits |
all you have to do is eat a big pizza and then go to bed he says |
you 'll have weird dreams too |
either way the <unk> business is going like <unk> |
<unk> of haunts and <unk> are <unk> beyond the nation 's <unk> streets and <unk> |
i get calls nearly every day from people who have ghosts in their house says raymond hyman a skeptical psychology professor at the university of oregon |
in a public opinion poll published in the october issue of parents magazine a third of those <unk> said they believe that ghosts or spirits make themselves known to people |
the movies the books the <unk> even nancy reagan is boosting this stuff says paul <unk> a philosophy professor at the state university of new york at <unk> who heads the committee for the scientific investigation of the <unk> |
the committee formed in N now has N <unk> around the world |
the spirits of course could hardly care less whether people do or do n't believe in them |
they do n't even give a <unk> to human <unk> by celebrating halloween |
for the <unk> it 's just another day of <unk> business as usual <unk> say the holiday seems to occasion no unusual number of ghost reports |
one of the busiest <unk> is robert baker a <unk> <unk> university of kentucky psychology professor whose <unk> gray <unk> <unk> at the mere mention of a ghost |
mr. baker says he has personally <unk> more than N haunts from aliens to <unk> |
mr. baker heads the kentucky association of science educators and skeptics |
like hollywood 's <unk> kentucky 's stand ready to roll when haunts get out of hand |
but they do n't <unk> around in an old cadillac wear funny suits or blast away at <unk> spirits |
mr. baker drives a N chevy and usually wears a <unk> <unk> on his <unk> <unk> |
i 've never met a ghost that could n't be explained away by perfectly natural means he says |
when a louisville woman complained that a ghost was <unk> her <unk> mr. baker discovered a <unk> dragging a trap across the <unk> |
a <unk> <unk> supposedly plagued a house in <unk> <unk> |
mr. baker found an opening under the house that led to a <unk> coal mine |
when the weather <unk> mr. baker says <unk> often hole up in abandoned houses |
people see activity in there and the next thing you know you 've got a <unk> he says |
on a recent afternoon mr. baker and a reporter go <unk> visiting <unk> <unk> a lexington woman who has <unk> the university of kentucky to report <unk> <unk> in her house |
mrs. <unk> says she never believed in ghosts before but lately her vacuum cleaner turned itself on a telephone flew off its stand doors <unk> <unk> and she heard <unk> in her empty kitchen |
i was doing the <unk> and nearly broke my neck running <unk> to see who was there and it was nobody she says eyes wide at the <unk> |
mr. baker <unk> her out <unk> around a bit asks a few questions and proposes some <unk> |
of the <unk> vacuum cleaner he says could be <unk> mrs. <unk> 's dog |
the flying telephone you <unk> the base <unk> around a chair leg and the receiver does seem to fly off |
the <unk> <unk> interstate N is a block away and heavy traffic can sure set a house to <unk> |
i 'm not sure he 's explained everything mrs. <unk> says <unk> |
there are some things that have gone on here that nobody can explain she says |
mr. baker promises to return if the <unk> continues |
for especially <unk> haunts mr. baker carries a secret weapon a <unk> of <unk> |
i tell people it 's the <unk> <unk> of <unk> he says |
i <unk> a little around and tell the <unk> to leave |
it 's reassuring and it usually works |
oregon 's mr. hyman has investigated claims of flying <unk> <unk> and <unk> <unk> and has come up with a <unk> explanation he says for every one |
invariably he says <unk> are <unk> |
two years ago a canadian reader bet omni magazine $ N that it could n't <unk> the <unk> <unk> in the oregon <unk> a former indian <unk> ground in southern oregon |
to viewers from a distance visitors to the spot seemed to shrink <unk> relative to the background |
the magazine called in mr. hyman as a consultant |
he showed up with a carpenter 's level carefully measured every surface and showed how the apparent <unk> was caused by the perspective |
a very striking illusion mr. hyman says now his voice <unk> with skepticism but an illusion nevertheless |
the canadian wound up writing a check |
the rev. <unk> <unk> a <unk> professor and <unk> expert at st. <unk> university in <unk> n.y. frequently is asked to <unk> <unk> spirits and he often <unk> |
on certain occasions a spirit could be <unk> and make itself known he says |
it happens |
father <unk> often uses what he calls a <unk> <unk> a few <unk> and an <unk> to the spirit to leave |
if the person believes there 's an evil spirit you ask it to be gone he says |
the suggestion itself may do the <unk> |
but sometimes more energetic attacks are required |
to <unk> with a <unk> in a house owned by a <unk> conn. woman the <unk> recently called in an <unk> the rev. robert <unk> a dissident <unk> who <unk> to the catholic church 's old latin <unk> |
i attend and so does a television crew from new york city |
mr. warren <unk> the <unk> case your typical <unk> <unk> |
a scottish <unk> built the small red house N years ago and now his <unk> ghost haunts it mr. warren says |
the owner who <unk> <unk> asserts that the <unk> appearing as a dark shadow has <unk> her <unk> her around the living room and <unk> out a <unk> of hair |
two previous <unk> have failed |
this is a very <unk> ghost mr. warren says <unk> |
father <unk> moves through the house <unk> in latin urging the <unk> to split |
suddenly the woman begins <unk> and then <unk> |
she 's being attacked by the <unk> mrs. warren <unk> as the <unk> <unk> <unk> water over the <unk> woman and the television camera <unk> |
a half-hour later the woman is smiling and <unk> the <unk> seems to have gone |
but mr. warren says the woman has <unk> burns on her back from the confrontation |
she declines to show them |
this was an <unk> powerful force that 's almost impossible for a <unk> to <unk> mr. warren says <unk> as the <unk> <unk> <unk> up to leave |
this time though he says i think we got it |
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brokerage hiring <unk> amid market turmoil |
but <unk> earn more |
shearson lehman hutton inc. counts under N workers down N from the start of the year and off N from after its merger and the market collapse two years ago |
another major firm has cut N workers N N of its staff since black monday |
the bureau of labor statistics says securities firms in new york city alone have slashed N jobs from the december N peak of N |
average annual earnings of those who have hung on though surged to $ N last year from $ N in N |
any hiring is confined to retail sales |
illinois company investments had been trimming its ranks until last summer |
but then it was acquired by household international inc |
now it offers richer commissions to lure a broker a week |
<unk> lane inc. this year adds N people N of them in retail to its <unk> staff |
a.g. edwards & sons runs training classes and looks for experienced brokers |
we 're always going to hire someone we consider to be a winner an edwards official says |
skilled workers <unk> are available to cope with earthquake damage |
i do n't <unk> any shortages over the next few months says ken allen an official of operating engineers local N in san francisco |
ironically up until the quake we desperately tried to fill jobs especially for crane and <unk> operators |
but the oct. N temblor put a halt to much <unk> building and heavy <unk> last week slowed the rest <unk> construction workers for earthquake repairs |
the supply of experienced civil engineers though is tighter |
in recent months california 's transportation department has been recruiting in pennsylvania arizona and texas for engineers experienced in road and bridge design |
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