Homemade computer puts Morris in big business triumph
AP Newsfeatures details how David Morris built a $960 homemade computer to underbid Bank of America on California bond underwriting. Morris, with partner Plowden-Wardlaw, cut bids by about 1.8 million and later saved California over 1 million in a second issue, boosting Morris’s small firm into Wall Street prominence.
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Urge to Merge Changing Face Of U S Business
The drive to merge reshapes U S business across retailing, transport, publishing, banking and manufacturing as firms seek savings and diversification. Airlines American and Eastern face hearings while Penn Central and NYC Central plan a $5 billion merger. unions, antitrust watchdogs, and cities oppose due to job loss and service concerns.
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Union Carbide Workers Honor Vice Presidents
A dinner at Mt. Anthony Country Club honored outgoing and incoming vice presidents of Union Carbide Consumer Products Division. A. Jack Adams of Cleveland departs to assist Adger Johnson in New York. Dwight N. Wait will assume Adams duties. Adams has worked for National Carbon and Kemet Company, and headed the Consumer Products Division before this transition. Local employees presented Adams a camera tripod and photo album. Receptions will be held at all division plants as part of the farewell and welcome program.
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Molly Stark One Act Plays Set for Friday
Two one act plays are to be presented at Molly Stark School all purpose room Friday at 8 p.m. for the drama group’s benefit. Rehearsals have been led by drama coach George E. Kagey. Cast includes Charlotte Greer David Leake Janis Vince Karen Bowmaker Linda Bushee Ladie Ann Graves in The Little Man Who Wasnt There and Gary Gore Amy Handy Alden Graves Maria Marcoux Tommy Harrington Doris Bushey in The Dearly Departed. Supervising production is Cheryl Minke with Roland Becker and Billy Mattison as stage crew.
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Federal aid debate on mentally retarded education
New England specialists call for more federal research funds while witnesses before a Kennedy panel clash over spending priorities. About 40 witnesses testified in Providence as the 27 member panel studies education problems facing mentally retarded individuals.
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Boston Authority Chief Demands Cramer Specific Charges
The Boston Redevelopment Authority chair seeks clearer details from Rep. William C. Cramer about his accusations of corruption in urban renewal and land takings. Authority officials plan to commission a valuation review of 800 land takings in the West End as part of the program.
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Frankfurter Expected Back On High Bench
Washington AP report says Felix Frankfurter likely to resume Supreme Court seat next Oct 1 barring unforeseen events. At 79 he remains in George Washington University Hospital after a April 5 incident. Friends note rapid improvement and his wife Marion Denman, wheelchair bound, visits him as recovery continues.
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Beardsley Family Expecting Eighteenth Child in July
Navy family in Carmel California plans another birth to add to 18 children aged 2 to 17. Francis Louis Beardsley and Helen hope for a boy born around July 19 at Ft Ord hospital. they already have 12 daughters and 6 sons.
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Radhakrishnan Takes Oath as India's Second President
In New Delhi on Sunday Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan aged 74 was sworn in as India's second president. He urged the nation's 475 million people to settle religious and linguistic differences. Previously he served 12 years as vice president and was chosen by parliament and state legislatures after Rajendra Prasad retired due to illness.
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