Word: calif
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Susanne Mageras Alameda, Calif...
Like Barton, Lawrence A. Goshon believes in the organizational efficacy of religious zeal. Indeed, Goshorn, 40, chairman of a minicomputer manufacturing company named General Automation, Inc., of Anaheim, Calif., two months ago called together 1,000 of his employees to tell them he was dedicating General Automation to Chris Goshorn, a Southern Baptist who says he was sitting in his front yard one evening in 1969 when he quietly discovered Jesus, read a Bible passage asking his people to "turn from their wicked ways" (II Chronicles 7:14). Some in the startled crowd recall him saying, "The company...
Died. Charles ("Swede") Risberg, 81, one of eight Chicago White Sox players accused of throwing the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in the celebrated "Black Sox" scandal; in Red Bluff, Calif. After the best-of-nine series, which the underdog Reds won 5-3, several White Sox players told a Chicago grand jury that they had intentionally played poorly after gamblers plied them with bribes (up to $10,000) and threatened their families. A trial jury later acquitted eight players, including Shortstop Risberg and Outfielder Joe ("Say it ain't so, Joe") Jackson, of conspiracy charges...