Hollywood Reorganizes as Giants Buy Studios and Bosses Change
A 1960s era overview notes major Hollywood studios shifting to corporate control. Five of seven majors undergo reorganization as businessmen replace traditional studio heads. Banks buy stakes in Columbia and MGM faces a proxy fight led by Philip Levin. Paramount merges with Gulf & Western. 20th Century Fox and United Artists undergo leadership changes. Universal unchanged. Warner Bros. sells stock to Seven Arts but retains control for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
NEA
Hollywood Motion Picture
Standard & Poor
CBS
MGM
ABC
20Th Century-Fox
Columbia
Banque de Paris Et Des Pays-Bas
Philip J. Levin
Jerome K. Ohrbach
Levin
William Goetz
Rosalind Russell
Paramount
Iin
Gulf & Western Industries, Inc
Bernard Donnenfeld
Robert Evans
Evans
20Th Century Fox
Warner Bros
Jack L. Warner
Seven Arts
Warner
Sean Tae
Six Tips For Better Feeder Pig Business
Hog profit guide from Cyanamid Agricultural Center and farm trials outlines six steps to boost feeder pig profitability. Keys include selecting thrifty pigs, vaccinating against hog cholera, treating external parasites, isolating new arrivals, using Aureo SP 250 for 30 days, then Aureomycin at 20 g/ton. Emphasizes stress reduction and nutrition for higher gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyanamid Agricultural Center
Teen-ager Devoted To Nature
A nature loving teen Geordie in small town Iowa defies schooling to pursue birds and biology. His father’s pressure softens as an uncle guides him to university science and a Pacific island expedition with Doc. The voyage triggers a crisis when an expedition member vanishes.
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Robert Murphy
M. Evans
Iowa
Geordie
Doc
Pacific
Geordle
Betaeik
Murphy
Britain’s Highest Award is the VC
The Victoria Cross, Britain's top military honor, costs three pounds to make and has 1348 medals issued since 1856. The latest recipient was Australian WO Kevin Wheatley posthumously in Vietnam for staying with a dying comrade. The first recipient was Irish Royal Navy sailor Charles Lucas during the Crimean War. Hancock and Company in London has produced all VCs, with values at auction rising to about 800 to 1000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Kevin Wheatley
Vietnam
Charles Lucas
Russia
Lucas
Hancocks and Company
Hancocks
Gerald Dore
Dore
Hancock
Dafe
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
India
Victoria Cross origin and Gem of Hancocks history
A 1967 note explains the Victoria Cross produced by Hancocks and Company since Victoria created the award. It recalls VC recipient Joh Cornwell mortally wounded at Jutland in 1916, just over 16, and outlines the Crimean War origin in 1854. It notes medals prior focused on campaigns and officers and includes the claim that VCs are minted from Russian cannon from Sebastopol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hancocks and Company
Joh Cornwell
Jutland
Queen Victoria
Sebastopol
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HOPE
Dick Kleiner
Hollywood Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Darryl Zanuck
Spyros Skouras
Cleopatra
Vun Zanuck
Richard
United Artists
Transamerica Corp
Warner Brothers and
Oakcrest Burial Assn
Oakcrest Burial Association
Oakcrest Funeral Home
Dial
Arkansas
Collier’s Specials
Old Boston
Rockers
Dominion
Elec
Tucker
Going
Hassocks
Instant Electric Brewmaster
Collier’s Furniture & Appliance
Granville Watts Vanoeldted
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