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...marble, encloses the body of an un identified American soldier who fell in France during World War I. The body was selected from four unknown soldiers in the city hall at Chalons-sur-Marne by Army Sergeant Edward F. Younger, a twice-wounded veteran, who marched past the four caskets, dropped a spray of roses onto the second. "I passed the first one ... the second. Then something made me stop," said Sergeant Younger (who is him self now buried at Arlington). "And a voice seemed to say, 'This is a pal of yours.' I don't know...
Blithely the Deputies of the French National Assembly returned home for the weekend. The cerements were laid out, the casket prepared for a routine political burial-this time of Premier Edgar Faure, his eight-month-old government and his policy of reform for Algeria. But in their villages and provincial towns, the Deputies made a disconcerting discovery: their constituents were sick and tired of government crises. Worse, with elections scheduled for next year, the voters seemed ready to vent their displeasure on the Deputies themselves...
Gingerbread & Root Beer. When technology had run its gamut, the "aesthetic movement" began. The word "coffin" was suddenly offensive, and undertakers spoke in hushed tones of the "artistic casket." Scrolls proliferated, along with cut glass sculptured silver and Venetian lace. A few years of this and a poet prayed: "Mother dear, when I lie dead / Bury me not in gingerbread...
...National Casket's stunned management knew why the raiders were interested. The company had a book value of $102.92 per common share. Thus, for an investment of $1,552,000 to win stock control, the raiders could sell off the company's assets, pocket a quick $1,700,000 profit. Angry and determined, National Casket's management lost no time fighting back. First, it alerted all stockholders to the raid, released its 1955 earnings weeks ahead of schedule, promised to boost dividends. The report: sales of $16,997,754, impressive earnings...
Last week, at the annual meeting, not a single ballot was cast in opposition to the current management. After the vote, National Casket boosted dividends, upped the rate 130% to $3 annually per share...