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Because he felt that "it might be fun to operate a restaurant," a Californian named Al Lapin Jr. eight years ago quit a job in television and opened a Burbank restaurant that specialized in pancakes. Lapin's venture has been good for profits as well as pleasure. The single place has expanded into 152 pancake houses in 26 states, all under Lapin's International Industries, Inc., which last year grossed $30 million...
...sure, Walt stopped drawing his own cartoons in 1928, and has not piped the voice of Mickey Mouse on a sound track in years. He has even cut his workday from 14 hours to ten. But his calendar for last week included 30 conferences at his production lot in Burbank or at his research-and-development facility in Glendale, a back-to-backbreaking schedule with time out only to sip Sanka poured from his silver carafe...
Backs John Hutchinson, professor of Physics and dean of Harvard rugby, and Mike Burbank will be strongly challenged for their jobs by the newcomers, John Dickinson, John Woodman, Steve Zeitian, and John Lightbody, all of whom should provide needed scoring punch. Dickinson played for the Argentine National Junior Team, and, at only 130 pounds, plays the tough fullback position as well as anyone Harvard ruggers have ever seen. His fine kicking ability should keep the ball out of trouble...
...fields of science and business that American patience is most familiar. The folk hero of American tinkerers remains Thomas A. Edison, who prescribed "stick-to-itiveness" as one of the prime requisites for achievement. More sophisticated researchers have kept alive the tradition of the patient scientist. Luther Burbank spent 16 years developing an edible cactus for cattle, and during his experiments, by his own estimate, had a million spines painfully pierce his skin. Dr. Selman A. Waksman and his researchers spent four years analyzing 100,000 soil microorganisms before isolating streptomycin. Today, the legendary, lonely experimenter is increasingly giving...
Born. To Cary Grant, 62, Hollywood's still-leading man (Walk, Don't Run), and Dyan Cannon, 28, sometime actress, his fourth wife: Cry's first child, a daughter; in Burbank, Calif...