Word: donald
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ninety minutes long, in color and with a theme song groaned by Bing Crosby, Yorty's show on its first two exposures proved at least that a quirkily provocative off-screen performer can upstage Donald Duck on the air. Sam bantered with Art Linkletter ("I don't want to embarrass you, Art, but what are you running for?" "I'm running for home in a few minutes"); consoled Neighbor Tippi Hedren on the horrendous reviews of her new movie, A Countess from Hong Kong; helped Pierre Salinger, a sometime political foe, plug both his employer (Continental Airlines...
Even then, Douglas was in a downdraft. Part of the trouble was that strong-willed Donald Wills Douglas Sr., now 74, had waited too long to move into commercial jet transports; the DC-8 lagged a year behind Boeing's profit-laden 707?and Douglas has yet to break even on the venture. After Donald Jr., now 49, took over the presidency, the company grossly underestimated both the demand and costs for its 90-plus passenger, twin-jet DC-9. Labor and parts shortages snarled production lines, and as a result Douglas lost at least $600,000 on each...
...decision probably earned Jus tice's trustbusters temporary relief from recent complaints that they have been too lenient with big-business mergers. Such criticism falls most heavily on Donald F. Turner, 46, who in two years as Assistant Attorney General in charge of antitrust has become resigned to trouble. "There are strong emotional views on antitrust," he says, "ranging between those who think it is too tough and those who think it so soft as to be antiquated." Now he is mostly under attack as being too soft, by critics who note that in 1966 "large firm disappearances" (acquisitions...
...DONALD J. LEEHEY...
Other players honored at last night's dinner were senior Dennis McCullough and junior Bobby Carr. McCullough was awarded the John Tudor Memorial Cup for sportsmanship, leadership, and team cooperation, and Carr won the Donald Angier Hockey Trophy as the team's most improved player...