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...much the same as dozens of paper reclamation techniques tried in the past. Most of these begin by grinding used (inked) newsprint, mixing it with fresh wood pulp, and removing the ink by subjecting the batch to a strong chemical bath. But used newsprint is low in wood fiber, the tiny tangled threads that make paper strong...
Stymied in China, the brothers moved into Southeast Asia in 1925, their eyes on some 4,000,000 overseas Chinese. Run Me went by steerage to Singapore, carrying three of SB's latest productions in a fiber suitcase. When he found that no theaters existed to buy his films, he scraped up enough capital to build...
...Join the 20th century!" she bellows belligerently at Morley and his stunned subordinates, and proceeds to raise corporate Ned in the name of progress. She redecorates the offices, installs time clocks, adding machines, squawk boxes. Soon she is threatening to fire the tweed weavers. "Make cloth for millions-synthetic fiber...
Under the contract, Brunswick will exchange two shares of its stock for each seven shares of the Owens' stock. Non-family owners of the remaining 30% of Owens stock have a chance at the same terms. Last year Owens produced more than 7,000 wood and fiber-glass boats, ranging from 14 ft. to 35 ft. and up to $18,000 in price. Operating as a division of Brunswick, Baltimore-based Owens will remain under the family's management, is expected to expand its fiber-glass-boat operations, now 40% of its annual sales volume...
...Horsepower Race. For power boaters, there was Triumph's 29-ft. inboard cruiser ($15,990) with a cantilevered aircraft-carrier foredeck and all-electric galley. And for less expensive tastes, Molded Fiber Glass Boat Co. showed a 19-ft. outboard cabin cruiser ($2,800) designed by famed naval architects Gibbs & Cox. Other plastic boats ranged from Sock Boat Corp.'s do-it-yourself runabout ($395), which can be assembled by a novice in 20 hours to the 8-ft. ($325) Dhow midget rowboat. In general, outboards had less chrome, fewer fins, increased storage for gas, paid more attention...