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...Chemise Lacoste sold 1,700,000 of the shirts, 50% in France and the remainder in the crocodile-alligator world beyond. This month, as Lacoste's factories reopen after a vacation layoff, the order backlog has reached 200,000, and Chemise Lacoste has also gotten an unexpected bonus. Catherine Lacoste, 22-year-old daughter of Founder Rene Lacoste, last month outplayed the pros and, as an amateur, won the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament in Hot Springs, Va. "I don't know if it's because my daughter won or not," says Rene Lacoste with...
...even be tenth in the National League if it weren't for the New York Mets. What is surprising about the Astros is a trio of young play ers who are among baseball's best per formers so far this season. Rightfielder Rusty Staub, 23, a onetime bonus baby, is finally giving the Astros a neat re turn on their $100,000 investment: he ranks fourth in the league in batting with an average of .330. Rookie Pitcher Don Wilson, 22, has won four games, and two weeks ago hurled a no-hitter against the Atlanta Braves...
Next year, of course, the Olympics. After that, Hines figures to add a few pounds to his 6-ft. 1-in., 180-lb. frame and play pro football-although he has not tried on a helmet since he was a senior in high school. He is already counting the bonus he intends to collect: "Somewhere between...
Ordinarily, General Motors Chairman Fred Donner keeps his wit to himself. Last week, after Donner and G.M. President James M. Roche delivered their annual state-of-the-company report to stockholders, the chairman was needled by critics about the size of his salary and bonus (a total $790,000 last year...
Donner coolly noted that the bonus fluctuates with his company's fortunes but that the salary, alas, hasn't changed from its $200,000 annually in almost nine years. "So I have the distinction of being the only employee without a pay raise since 1958." While the stockholders laughed, Donner added: "But I'm not complaining...