Mellon Family Patriarch Richard King Mellon Signals Transition
Pittsburgh ap Richard King Mellon who steered the Mellon fortune for over 30 years is reducing his daily involvement and stepping back from numerous directorships. Despite planned disengagement he resists full retirement, noting property means no retirement. The Mellons, with fortune estimated at 3 billion, control Gulf Oil and other major holdings, surpassing the Rockefellers and rivaling Getty.
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Richard King Mellon
America
T. Melon & Sons
Mellons
Fortune Magazine
Rockefellers
J. Paul Getty
Gulf Oil Corp
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Allegheny Con
Montana man earns Carnegie hero medal for 13 July rescue
Patricia E. Hunter and other children were playing in an irrigation ditch when a 10 year old girl was swept into a culvert. Joseph Loring Kochis ran 750 feet to the ditch wearing wet clothes, swam under debris to free Patricia, and guided her to safety through a culvert. He received a bronze medal and 750 dollars from the Carnegie hero commission for his courage.
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Montana
Patricia E. Hunter
Hamilton
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Joseph Loring Kochis
Kochis
Patricia
Carnegie Hero Commission
King Of The Mellons Loosening His Grip
The Mellon family holds 25 of common stock valued at 1.9 billion with control of major holdings including the Aluminum Co of America and stakes in Koppers Carborundum First Boston and General Reinsurance. Richard Mellon is a large General Motors shareholder and the family maintains a private, guarded lifestyle with extensive wealth and a Laurel Mountain game preserve.
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America
Mellon National Bank & Trust Co
Mellons
Koppers Co
Carborundum Co
First Boston Corp
General Reinsurance Corp
Richard Mellon
General Motors
Homecoming January 2 for Richard Nixon in California
President elect Richard Nixon will be honored with a homecoming on January 2 in Anaheim at the Convention Center. California communities Whittier and Yorba Linda sponsor the event after Nixon's Rose Bowl appearance on January 1, with Nixon visiting Southern California first.
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Yorba Linda
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