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...Clyde C. Ferguson, visiting professor of Law and former U.S. ambassador to Uganda, opened his statement saying, "the first factor about the South African economy is its enormous profitability." He added rates of return on capital investment are high because of the cheap black labor...
...music almost everywhere is "disco sound": heavy back beat, uptempo, often with Big Band effects. Favorite artists are Barry White, Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer, the Silver Convention, Maynard Ferguson, Shalamar, Marvin Gaye, the Bee Gees, the Isley Brothers, Jerry Butler-as well as Sinatra, Como and Glenn Miller. They are cunningly selected by the all-important disco jockeys who keep a hawk's eye on the floor and choreograph the dancers by changing the pace and style of the records and tapes. Says Chicago Disco Jockey Paul Weisberg: "I look around and get a feeling for the mood...
...Rangers took a 1-0 lead early when Toby Harrah tapped starter and loser Ferguson Jenkins for a four-bagger in the second. Texas stayed on top until the seventh, when Bernie Carbo cranked his second homer of the season to tie the game...
Reviewing his company's conservation attempts, J. Robert Ferguson Jr., executive vice president of U.S. Steel, conceded that Big Steel in the past had used then cheap energy in order to conserve scarce capital funds. "The result is that we've had to go back and re-examine what we've been doing...
...effort has not been entirely encouraging. It is possible, explained Ferguson, to "retrofit" old steelmaking machinery with modern energy-conserving equipment, but the cost is "horrendous." Said he: "Every buck we spend on conversion for our fuel sources and for environmental control will not be available for new plants, new supplies or new jobs...