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...largest collection in the documents room is that of the Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company, a nineteenth century New England pharmaceutical firm, founded by a woman, whose successful cure-all elixir may have consisted largely of alcohol. The papers of Sarah Perkins Gilman, after whom the current Radcliffe lecture series is named, are nearby. She was the first woman to write about economic discrimination, King says. To eliminate such discrimination, she advocated kitchenless homes and the subcontracting of all cooking and other kitchen work...
DIED. Clifford F. Hood, 84, president of U.S. Steel from 1953 to 1959; in Palm Beach, Fla. Starting as a clerk in U.S. Steel-owned American Steel & Wire Co. in 1917, Hood served as that firm's president for twelve years (1938-49) before moving over to the top post of another subsidiary, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. In 1951 he was responsible for the construction of the $400 million Fairless Works near Morrisville, Pa., one of the largest steel complexes ever built, and two years later he won the presidency of "Big Steel...
While the Saudis' loyalty to the dollar for the moment is firm, much mystery still surrounds their investment policy. World attention has been caught by the exploits of rich individual Saudis like Ghaith Pharaon, who bought control of the National Bank of Georgia from Bert Lance...
Saudis did buy a bigger chunk of an American firm, they would have to report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Since they have not, no one knows what companies they have bought into...
Hirsch, who was publisher of New York magazine from 1967 to 1971, will remain at MCA to scout new magazine opportunities for the firm and publish Runner (circ. 85,000), a monthly he launched earlier this year for devotees of that very '70s pursuit. Editor Larsen, a former TIME bureau chief and writer, will stay on for a while as Runner's editor. The rest of New Times' mostly young 17-member editorial staff will probably have drifted to other jobs by the time the magazine's last issue hits newsstands Dec. 11. That issue...