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Died. James Spencer Love, 65, wiry, tireless chairman of Burlington Industries, which he personally spun from a shoestring into the world's biggest textile maker (1961 sales: $866 million); of a heart attack while playing tennis; in West Palm Beach, Fla. Son of a Harvard math professor, Love returned from World War I at 23 with a major's oak leaves and $3,000 in savings, persuaded industry-hungry North Carolinians to bankroll his first textile mill; he pioneered in synthetics and over the years borrowed heavily to buy dozens of companies, often at bargain-basement prices...
...business in general has clearly undergone a historic change of heart since World War II. Most U.S. businessmen now see more opportunity than danger in freer trade. Even in industries clamoring for protection, a concern for the U.S. world position produces some moderating voices. Says Chairman Spencer Love of Burlington Industries, the nation's largest textile producer: "If we get into a tariff reduction program and it doesn't work out, that will be the time to do something about...
Died. Richard P. Hughes, 84. a longtime local power in New Jersey's Democratic politics; of a heart attack; in Burlington, N.J.. two days before his son, Richard J., became the state's Democratic Governor-elect...
Hand-Picked. The son of a onetime Burlington mayor, Hughes grew up on a full diet of New Jersey's truck-garden county politics, but his operations have been mostly behind the scenes. His only other notable attempt at elective office came in 1938, when he ran for Congress and lost. After that, he served in many political jobs around Trenton, including five years as a Superior Court judge, returning in 1957 to a lucrative law practice in order to support his big family (nine children and stepchildren). When Governor Robert Meyner compiled a list of 26 suitable successors...
When a South Burlington taxpayer named C. Raymond Swart (who has no school age children) sued to enjoin the school board from paying tuition to three Catholic high schools, the Vermont State