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Paced by Junior John Solomon's 19 points, junior Matt Acker's 17 and senior Chris Harvey's 13, the Harvard Classics basketball club downed Hanscom Air Force Base, 76-73, yesterday afternoon at Briggs Cage. The win raises the club's record...
Another Cornell student, Nick Acker, said, "No one even suspected it was going on at Cornell." The raid, however, came as no surprise to the University administrators. Mull said, because they were probably informed of FBI plans beforehand...
Among the airlines, Pan American World Airways reduced its loss from $112 million to $56.2 million, and Chairman C. Edward Acker predicted that the company would make a profit during the current quarter. Declining passenger traffic and cut-rate fares pushed income down for other carriers. American Airlines saw earnings tumble 98% to $466,000; Trans World Corp. posted a 27% decline to $41.6 million; UAL, Inc., parent company of United Airlines, suffered a 36% slump to $5.5 million; and Delta saw profits shrink 52% to $23 million...
...dusty lane, where lines of limousines deposited their elegant passengers. As the silent movie era gave way to the talkies, and Hollywood's business and glamour grew proportionately, the residences of its stars became more lavish too. There was the Hollywood Hotel, where Rudolph Valentino married Actress Jean Acker and spent his honeymoon. The Garden of Allah, which opened with an 18-hour party, was a haven for writers including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker...
...Acker still hopes to pull Pan Am out of its tailspin. The airline may begin subleasing its office space in the Pan Am Building and is considering moving its headquarters to Miami or some other city, where costs are lower. It may also chop more employees from its payroll; it has already let go 4,000, leaving 30,000, and cut salaries 10% across the board. Finally, Pan Am is trying to sell two of its Boeing 747 jumbo jets, although finding buyers is tough. Insists Acker: "We have over $200 million in cash. We are a long, long...