Word: colt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Namath, the Brian Dowling of professional football, and his white shoes were superb in tearing the highly-rated Baltimore Colt defense to pieces. Matt Snell was also outstanding as his running balanced the Jet attack. But Namath got the car from Sport...
...story on how mass production of the lightweight M-16 rifle, sorely needed in Viet Nam, had been delayed by Pentagon indecision for seven years. When the Army finally placed its orders, he discovered, it was paying General Motors $316 for each gun, and Harrington & Richardson $250, even while Colt was offering it for $104. Moreover, the Army had rejected yet another bid, by the Maremont Corp., that would have saved $20 million. Rothberg's stories touched off congressional probes and led to a law requiring the Army to consider price in contract awards...
Never let it be said that Boston Millionaire Peter Fuller, 46, is not a horse's best buddy. When his great colt, Dancer's Image, was apparently disqualified as winner of the 1968 Kentucky Derby on illegal-drug charges, Fuller angrily launched a right to clear his horse's name -and incidentally that of his stable. Now, after weeks of hearings, Fuller has won a victory of sorts. The Kentucky Racing Commission has declared Dancer's Image the official record-book winner of the 1968 Derby. But the commission for some unexplained reason still refuses...
...victory was Dr. Pager's 18th in 22 starts. It was also his last. After the race, Nerud, who owns 25% of the colt, announced that his champion would be retired to stud at Co-Owner William McKnight's Tartan Farms in Ocala...
...Life Insurance hired Abram T. Collier away from John Hancock as its new president. Gillette lost Stuart Hensley, now chairman of Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical. Wayne Hoffman quit New York Central and stepped aboard as chairman of Flying Tiger Line. This week David C. Scott, formerly executive vice president of Colt Industries, takes over as president of ailing Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing...