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Top Mans Of Year Hard Pick
New York AP notes December challenge in naming the nation’s top businessmen of 1970. The piece argues failures and impact define the year with Penn Central’s collapse reshaping railroads and dollars and cites figures like Ralph Nader Paul McCracken Arthur Burns and Melvin Laird as influential beyond traditional business. It suggests the year’s top may be the quiet steady executive rather than a headline maker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stuart Saunders
Penn Central Transportation Co
I.o.u.s
Penn Central
America
Ralph Nader
Consumer Advocate
Paul McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
Federal Reserve
Arthur Burns
Defense
Melvin Laird
Nader