Orville Redenbacher rises as top pop corn king
New York based profile of Orville Redenbacher highlights his rise from Purdue agronomy student to the Hybrid popcorn pioneer. It notes his Gourmet brand capturing about 14 percent of the U.S. market, plats of the 1970s growth, and his role in farming and irrigation ventures.
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Orville
the Popcorn King
Purdue
New York
UPI
North America
Purdue University
Orville Redenbacher
Redenbacher
U.S
People’s Republic of China
Brazil
Ind
West Point
Terre Haute
Henry Wallace
Iowa
United States
Princeton
Princeton Farms
Charles Bowman
Chester, Inc
Fullerton
Calif
Bowman
Chester
Hunt-Wesson Foods
Europe
Popcorn Institute
Chicago
Midwest
National Association of Concessionaires
Plymouth
Troubled Tonka eyes hopeful turnabout in 1979
Tonka Corp faces leadership upheaval after a third quarter loss of 1.8 million and an 87 percent drop in net earnings in 1977. Stephen Shank named acting chairman as a two GM and six-director committee runs the company while an executive search firm screens candidates. Shipment forecasts for 1978 look up amid low retail inventories, with Tonka’s Canada unit expanding and Gresen Manufacturing boosting stability through hydraulic components.
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Susan Feyder
Chicago Tribune
Hopkins
Minn
Tonka Corp
Tonka
Peter M. Wimsatt
Wimit
Stephen Shank
Shank
Minneapolis
United States
Canada
Milton Bradley International, Inc
Gresen Manufacturing
Gresen
Local real estate firms join Better Homes and Gardens network
Three area real estate firms Cleary Realty Gerspacher Realty and Cutler and Associates Real Estate will join Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Service in a national program serving Elyria Lorain Cleveland Medina Akron and Canton markets. Announcement scheduled Jan 18.
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Almuate
We Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Service
Cleary Realty
Gerspacher Realty
Cutler and Associates Real Estate
Elyria
Lorain
Cleveland
Medina
Akron
Canton
Market pushes ahead in early 1979 rally
The Dow rose 3.46 to 831.60 in the first half hour as gainers led decliners on the NYSE in a renewed rally after Monday’s dip. American Express proposed to buy McGraw-Hill for 34 dollars a share, delaying openings amid a 3-2 NYSE spread, with volume at 21.44 million shares. Ohio grain prices showed mixed moves across regions, with oats and soybeans varying in price and trend.
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New York
Wall Street
American Express
McGraw-Hill
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Rockwell
UPI
Rohmh
Rubbermaid
Sears
Allis Chalmers
Y Am Airlines
Ohio
Texaco
Am Motors
Bae
GAL Incr
Amn
T&t
Bell Howell
Ye ‘Us Steel
Benda
Az Western Union
A Beth Steel
Bobbie Brksco Whig
Steel Bouin
White Motor Borg Warner
Woolworth
Chrysler
CIA
Eastern Air Fruehaut
East Kodak
Goodrich
Baton
Evans
Exxon
Lear Siegler
Mid-Continent
Wa Mutuals
Firestone
Midland-Hossah Amer-Wash Mutual
Ford Motor
Dreyfus
Gen Dynamics i
Gen Food
Parker Hannifin
Gen Motors
Searle
G@D
Co Investors
Variety
Smucker
John Hancock-Bond
Abe Southern Co
MIT
Hersh Foods
Vanguard-Wellington TC Inds
Anew Ltd
Ing Rand
Int Harvester
Kenecott
Kraft
Me ‘Kroger
HeLoith Steel
Mabil
Monsanto
Nabisco
Wall Aviston
Natl Gypsum
Natl Steel
North & Western
Olin Corp
Pan Am Air Penney
Ae Penn Dine
Pali Pet
M Procter & Gad Bbm
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U0 Chronicle-Telegram
America
Area Business News
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Albert G. Giles
Industry Week
The
Commerce Clearing House
Donald H. Barker
Barker
Family Business Association
Rockside Road
Interstate 77
George E. Steinbrenner
Thomas C. Sullivan
RPM, Inc
Area General Telephone Co. of
Glen A. Tomko
W. Main St. Spencer
Drew A. Delforth
Telegraph Road
Amherst
Oberlin
Columbus
Northeast Ohio
Northwest Ohio
Central Ohio
Mid-Ohio Securities Eyes
Merbers National Association of Securties Never Inc
Cleve
Spitzer Park Plaza
Broad St
Elyria, O
Richard Demby
G.I
Demby
Elyria Board of Realtors
Demby Real Estate
Middle Ave
Oberin
4.C. Insurance Bar Bonding Agency
Byria, Ome
First National Bank of Elyria
F.D.I.C
First National Bank
Depot St
Lake Ave
Midway Mall
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