Word: davises
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That woman is Mrs. Helen Bonfils Davis, a 20% Post stockholder and elderly daughter of the late Frederick G. Bonfils, who with Harry H. Tammen, his partner, built the Post into the gaudiest and most successful daily west of the Mississippi. Before Mrs. Davis' outraged eyes, Outsider Newhouse had...
The two sisters have not been on speaking terms for years. Mrs. Davis, who takes an active interest in the Post and serves as its secretary-treasurer, cannot understand her sister for taking no interest at all. Thus, when May Bonfils Stanton sold her stock, Mrs. Davis took it as...
Immediately after the deed was done, Mrs. Davis publicly swore that, if she could prevent it, Newhouse would never get another share of Post stock. Then she set out to prevent it. In the ensuing weeks, Post officers, led by Helen Bonfils Davis, approached all of the four charitable trusts...
The surprise maneuver neither guaranteed control to Mrs. Davis nor blocked out Newhouse. He can still bid for the 44% outstanding in trusts, although the stock will now cost him more: the Post paid $260 a share, $20 more than Newhouse paid for Mrs. Stanton's 15%. But by...
Four shows were bought last fall by stations in Scandinavia and Germany; the program has also been sold in Australia and Canada. Now sold at last in the U.S.-but only in five cities-the series is mainly dramatic, ranging from John Millington Synge's Riders to the Sea...