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...death of famed Yachtsman Vincent Astor in 1959 put a large question mark over the future of Newsweek magazine. In his will Astor left his controlling 60% of Newsweek's stock-177,200 shares-to the Vincent Astor Foundation, a charitable trust that he established in 1948. Since then, the rumor that Newsweek is for sale has cropped up with a persistence that has defeated the magazine's continued efforts to deny it. Last week, confronted with fresh reports, Newsweek Board Chairman Malcolm Muir, 65, said that a group of colleagues were trying...
Announced Muir: "The Newsweek management group are at present engaged in negotiating with the Astor Foundation with a view to taking over the majority interest now held by the Foundation . . . The Astor Foundation announces it is not engaged in negotiation with any other prospective buyer...
Decisions were: Greitzer lost 3-0, Hal Pouser (130 pound class) lost 8-0, George Daub (137 pound class) won 4-0, Steven Astor (157 pound class) lost 5-2, Schnitz won 8-5, and Red Grant (unlimited class...
Starting for the Crimson will be EdSreitzer at 123 pounds. Geoge Doub is at 130, with Estabrook filling the 137 slot. Wrestling at 147 will be Steve Astor, while Bob Kolodney and John Valentine are at 157 and 167 respectively. Filling out the bill are Paul Schnitz at 177 pounds, Gordon Grant at 191 and Bill Early in the heavy weight position...
Prospects for the Crimson nine do not seem bright, though Astor and Kolodney are capable wrestlers. However, the team has shown a capacity for pulling off upsets, as at Williams in December. It could happen again...