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...city P.M.s have been generally losing circulation while many A.M.s have been gaining. Publishers attribute this attrition to the scourges of the afternoon: heightened competition from television news and suburban dailies, traffic jams that make midday delivery difficult, and readers' morning habits. Says Dallas Times Herald Publisher Lee Guittar: "People are acclimated to having their newspaper with their morning coffee...
Unity finally capitalized last year at $1.2 million and was the first bank in New England to sell its stock to the general public. Many of the $10 shares were sold in $50 blocks to people who had never conceived of owning stock in anything. Roy G. Guittar, executive vice president and the bank's only white employee, said that 70 to 80 percent of the 3,358 shares are owned by residents of the predominantly black Roxbury-Dorchester community. According to Guittar, there is no controlling interest in the bank and the 22-man, unpaid, board of directors...
Demand for Unity's stock was so great that the initial capitalization, set at $1 million by the State Board of Banking Corporation, was raised to $1.2 million and stock requests totaling $44,000 still had to be returned. Guittar recalls one rich white businessman who wanted to purchase $400,000 worth of Unity stock. He was refused because the board of directors had established the policy of scrutinizing all requests over $10,000 and set a $25,000 maximum. "We wanted to avoid any controlling interest," Guittar explained...
...fifth inning, Lee Guittar reached on an error by Russ Johnson. A wild pitch advanced him to second and an infield out moved him to third. As Ward would up, Guittar broke for the plate, and umpire Raph Sandborn ruled that Ward committed a balk, allowing Guittar to score. Guittar slid into catcher Charlie Walsh on this play and broke the receiver's hand...
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