Free Concept Companies Take Risks For Growth
A free form concept company pursues growth by seeking profits across industries and markets, often via acquiring related firms while maintaining stockholder interests. Litton Industries and Textron exemplify this approach, highlighting youth, entrepreneurial spirit, stock ownership motivation, lean HQs, and aggressive market strategy.
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John Cunniff
New York
Free Farm Management
Vate
Litton Industries
Textron
Equity Research Associates
Litton
Equity
Providence woman convicted of second degree murder
A Superior Court jury found Alma Ruby Grant of Providence guilty of second degree murder in the year long slaying of John Riley. Sentencing was postponed seven months for possible appeals. Riley was killed with a linoleum knife.
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Associated Press
Providence
R.I. (Ap
Alma Ruby. Grant
John Riley
Riley
Marcus Island Being Returned To Japanese
Marcus Island sits in the central Pacific as a small site with a Coast Guard presence and a weather station. The 32 man detachment notes daily life on the airstrip and the planned return of Marcus and the Bonin islands to Japanese sovereignty later this year with negotiations to determine if a U S base will remain.
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Central Pacific
Bill John
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Marcus
Coast
U.S
Iwo Jima
Tarawa
Saipan
Tinian
Bonin
Cwo
Jean Jetér
San Antonio
Tex
Vietnam
Tokyo
Ralph Anderson
Hospital facing long critique from 1960s construction failures
The hospital built 15 years ago by Matthew H. McCloskey’s firms faced a $4.9 million government suit for defective construction and faulty inspections filed in 1964, settled for $1.6 million. Exterior brick work cracked in 1953. brick facing was replaced after falling panels and 1964 patient evacuations due to cold.
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Matthew H. McCloskey
U.S
Ireland
McCloskey
Philadelphia
Boston
Justice Department
Carmelite Sisters Run Homes for the Elderly Nationwide
An overview of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm detailing their 28 institutions in the United States and two in Europe since 1929. The homes emphasize personal attention, with Sisters living and working among residents, and the Mary Manning Walsh Home in New York City highlighted for its small care groups and dedicated staff.
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Martin E. Segal
St. Teresa of Avila
United States
Europe
Carmelite Sisters For
Der’s Homes
M. Aloysius
Mary Manning Walsh
New York City
M. Angeline Teresa
St. Patrick’s
Germantown
N.Y
Thomas Walsh
Walsh
Braves Knuckleballer Niekro Flies On Wild Pitch Count
Phil Niekro of the Atlanta Braves threw 19 wild pitches last season, a notable flaw in his otherwise steady pitching. The figure highlights Niekro's erratic control during the prior campaign and raises questions about his future mechanic adjustments.
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Phil Niekro
Atlanta Braves
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John Ray
Linnell Gymnasium
Aco
New England
Boston Veterans Administration Hospital
Francis B .Carroll
Jamaica Plain
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U.S. Corps of Engineers
Walter F. Mackie
Corps of Engineers
Marcus Island
American Discount
Putney
Mike Gallagher
Rutland
Mike Elliott
Durango
Colo
John Ehrensbeck
Old Forge
Lake Placid
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France
Charley Kelley
Cambridge
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John Bower
Middlebury
Bob Gray
Larry Damon
Burlington
Ned Gillette
Barre
John Chaffee
Hanover
N.H
Jim Miller
Fort Lewis College
Carmelite Sisters
John
Jeter
Department OF Agriculture
Atkinson
Serta
Saco
W.T. Grant
Biddeford Shopping Center
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