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...started out as a university chemistry lecturer and got into the tobacco field out of a vague desire to "manufacture something." In 1942, with only $30, he opened a tiny tobacco shop in Johannesburg. After World War II he borrowed enough from friends and banks to buy an unused flour mill and two cigarette-making machines. Soon he was nearly broke. Rupert staved off disaster in 1948 by persuading London's Rothman of Pall Mall to allow him to make and market its brands (Pall Mall, Consulate) in South Africa. Five years later he bought out Rothman for about...
...These prices have now risen 10.1% in the year since President Nixon proclaimed his temporary price freeze. As if things were not bad enough on the food front, the American Bakers Association reported that bread prices might rise 2? to 3? a loaf because of a shrinking supply of flour, caused by wheat sales to Russia...
Died. Lord Rank, 83, Britain's foremost moviemaker; in Winchester, England. A devout Methodist with a family fortune derived from flour mills, J. (for Joseph) Arthur Rank entered the film business in the '30s to produce pictures that would compete with Hollywood and be morally uplifting. "I believe the best way we can spread the gospel of Christ," he said, "is through films." He made such classics as Great Expectations, Hamlet and In Which We Serve, and increased his fortune to an estimated $250 million...
...cultural coincidence!-of Egypt, Easter Island and Polynesia. The Ra was loaded with over a ton of fresh water in authentic Egyptian jars and almost twice that weight in food. Menu samples: sheep cheese in olive oil and sello (ground almonds, honey, butter, flour and dates). Coops enclosed live chickens and a duck named Sinbad. There was also a pet monkey named Safi. With Heyerdahl sailed an oddly assorted crew of six: a Russian doctor, an Italian mountain climber, a Mexican anthropologist, an Egyptian judo champion, and Abdullah, a desert dweller from Chad who did not even know...
Partial Relief. Those complaining of loss of the sense of taste said that eating was like chewing and swallowing flour paste or sawdust. Those suffering from loss of the sense of smell reported that they were unable to detect the aroma of foods or the odors of smoke or escaping cooking gas. Several women reported that they had served rancid foods to their families because they did not notice the spoilage...