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...Chomping away at his customary cigar. Texaco Inc.'s soft-spoken Chairman Augustus C. Long, 57. prepared to swap $200 million worth of Texaco shares for the TXL Oil Corp.. a crude oil producer with mineral rights on nearly 2.000,000 acres in oil-rich west Texas...
...Augustus Thorndike, Chief of Surgery to the University Health Services, is retiring this June after 35 years of service. His successor will be Dr. John Brooks, now Associate Surgeon with Health Services...
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, an obese Lutheran minister, was the first Speaker of the House of Representatives and the first functioning head of the U.S. Government; he presided over the 65-member House in New York for a month before President George Washington was inaugurated. Sam Rayburn of Texas served longer as Speaker than any other man: 16 years. From Muhlenberg to McCormack. 45 have ruled as Speakers of the House (one lasted just one day). Some were great men, many were toadies and sycophants, a few were colorful despots. Among the outstanding Speakers...
Also honored at the dinner was Augustus Thorndike, chief of surgery to the University Health Services. Chief Surgeon for the football team, Thorndike resigns next June...
...Gypsy Caravan. Augustus John was born in the Welsh seacoast town of Tenby, the son of the leading barrister in town. He discovered his talent for drawing early, at 18 entered the University of London's Slade School of Fine Art. He let his hair and beard grow, adopted whatever garb-flowing smocks, trailing scarves, bright bandannas-that seemed appropriate to a budding genius. Thus the legend of Augustus John began...