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Commenting on the more close-fisted attitude of the HAA in general, Thomas D. Bolles, director of athletics, said simply, "Days of austerity have been with us for some time."
Died. John Davison Rockefeller Jr., 86, philanthropist son of the two-fisted founder of the Standard Oil empire, father of New York's Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller; of pneumonia and heart strain; in Tucson, Ariz, (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS).
But in the hinterland, which had been a stronghold of the opposition until Nkrumah ruthlessly broke the power of the tribal chiefs two years ago, the Prime Minister's machine showed its efficiency. United Party vehicles were burned; party leaders were jailed on flimsy charges until the voting was...
The Two Tycoons. The rivalry between Shell and Jersey is an old Shell game. The first great oil tycoon was Jersey Standard's John D. Rockefeller, but the second was an iron-fisted and energetic Dutchman named Henri (later Sir Henri) Deterding, who joined the Royal Dutch Co. shortly...
If an African travels from the countryside to the city, or just across the street for cigarettes, South Africa's ubiquitous, hard-fisted police check his pass. If he stands outside his front door without his pass, the police will not let him walk five feet to get it...