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Congressional reaction was mixed, and the President got praise and blame from both sides. But even before he had made his announcement, one big grain handler-Minneapolis' Cargill, Inc. (see U.S. BUSINESS)-put in its bid for a piece of the action by applying for an export license. The grain handlers are by no means the only ones who will benefit from the deal. It will fatten the chronically deficit-ridden U.S. balance of payments by a quarter of a billion dollars. Some 81,700 freight cars will be needed to move the wheat to ports. It will take...
...Western businessmen got together with potential Communist customers. At the annual Leipzig fall trade fair, cognac and Scotch flowed freely in the displays set up by 1,600 capitalist companies. The wares of only two U.S. outfits were visible-Sunkist Growers and W. S. Hall, a Manhattan book handler-but there were more non-Communist exhibits than last year...
...Saturday. But the season displayed fine offensive power downing Colby, 7-1, Wednesday night. Particularly impressive thus far has the line of Bill Lamarche, Barry , and Baldy Smith, which score all three goals against St. Nick's and ped in two more against Colby. , a fine skater and stick handler, develop into the team's leading and playmaker...
Barbie and her wardrobe reflect a favorite Mattel device that Elliot Handler calls "the razor and razor blade" technique. Explains Handler: "You get hooked on one and you have to buy the other. Buy the doll and then you buy the clothes. I know a lot of parents hate us for this, but it's going to be around a long time." Parents, in fact, get scant sympathy from the Handlers, whose advertising is admittedly designed to evoke the razor-razor blade urge in children. Says Elliot Handler unapologetically: "We feel it's up to the parents...
...Frontier. As chairman and president of Mattel, Elliot Handler, 46, likes to think up new toys. Chic, aggressive Executive Vice President Ruth Handler, 45, oversees manufacture and administration. (By family agreement, they never talk business at home.) Husband and wife aspire to make Mattel the world's biggest toymaker; this year, if their sales hit $80 million as expected, they will achieve their goal and surpass longtime industry leader Louis Marx (TIME cover...