Word: appointed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years out of technical school, Verolme began selling diesel engines for Holland's Stork Engine Works Moving up to chief engineer, he was asked, after World War II, to plan a reorganization of the company. He ended is report with: "The best reorganization would be to appoint me as your new president-director." When the directors did not agree, Verolme left to found his own engineering works. He heard of a demand for Dutch "Haagsche hopjes" candy in the U.S., raised the money to market a huge shipload, and used the profits to import diesel engines from Switzerland...
...present the Governor has the power to appoint all three trustees, but with the new bill he will share this power with the M.T.A. Advisory Board. He may look upon this as a cut in his power," McCann said. Governor Peabody has expressed no official opinion of the bill...
...case was appealed to Governor Alvan T. Fuller, who knew well that the decision of any one man would be unlikely to satisfy the extreme partisans of either side. He determined to appoint an advisory committee and immediately decided on A. Lawrence Lowell for one member. Lowell recommended the president of M.I.T., Samuel W. Stratton, for a second member, and retired Judge Robert Grant was eventually named to round out the group...
...square and lined up at city hall to vote, many for the first time in their lives. When the votes were counted, Mexican candidates had captured all five seats on the city council. And control of the council gave the Mexicans control of the town government, with authority to appoint the mayor, the marshal, and other officers...
...reported a racing bill. In Idaho, where at least five previous legislatures passed a pari-mutuel law only to see Governors veto it, the present legislature recently overrode Governor Robert Smylie's veto. But Smylie contends that the law violates the state constitution, so far has refused to appoint a racing commission to get things going. Some states are eying the potentially huge take of another gambling gimmick: the lottery. Among them are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and California. Most legislatures reject the notion as somehow more evil than betting on horses and dogs. They perhaps forget that...