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WHRB named John H. Shenefield '60 of Eloit House and Washington, D.C., president. Other officials chosen were: Kenneth W. Gilchrist '60, of Kirkland House and Gadsden, Ala., vice-president; James F. Flug '60, of Dunster House and New York City, treasurer; Preston Townley '60, of Leverett House and Minneapolis, Minn., station manager and member of the Administrative Board; and Edward J. McGuire, Jr. '60, of Leverett House and Port Washington, N.Y., member of the Administrative Board...
...Twin Football Stars Harry and Robert Beaube of Gadsden, Ala.'s Emma Sansom High School looked so good to an Auburn (Alabama Polytechnic Institute) coach that he offered the boys $500 each to make a run-of-the-mill athletic scholarship look a little more attractive. Southeastern Conference Commissioner Bernie Moore promptly fined Auburn $2,000 for violating recruiting rules. (So far as the conference is concerned, the twins may sign with any school but Auburn.) Said Auburn President Ralph B. Draughon: "In our opinion, the rivalries in the recruiting of athletes in Alabama are reminiscent of the Guelphs...
FOLLANSBEE STEEL mill will finally be moved to Gadsden, Ala., after a battle with the townspeople of Follansbee, W. Va. and a last-minute bid by Cleveland Financier Cyrus Eaton (TIME, Sept. 27 et seq.). By a vote of 360,442 to 25,212, Follansbee stockholders have agreed to sell their money-losing company with its $5,000,000 in liabilities for $9.3 million to Manhattan's Frederick Richmond. He, in turn, will sell the mill and inventories to Republic Steel Corp. for the move south, expects to make a fine profit...
...over the latest Richmond deal. What upset the townspeople was an announcement by Republic Steel Corp. that it would buy most of the production facilities of 142-year-old Follansbee Steel Corp., the company that gave the town its name, pack them on freight trains and move them to Gadsden, Ala. The seller: Fred Richmond. Since Follansbee employs 90% of the town's work force, the deal spelled disaster. Said Mayor Frank Basil: "There won't be anything here to keep this community alive...
Amenity Missing. In Gadsden, Ala., Farmer Miles Johnson explained to the judge why he did not send his two children, aged nine and eleven, to school: they both take snuff, and there is no place in the classroom to spit...