Word: hansons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...slide is all the more galling to Winnebago people because they believe that it has been caused largely by stock-market confusion. President John V. Hanson, son of the founder, claims that investors have been worried by reports of disappointing shipments in the "mobile home" industry, and have got that mixed up with Winnebago's "motor home" business. The name is about the only similarity. Mobile homes, despite the term, are usually towed to one spot and left there to serve as a family's permanent dwelling. Motor homes, also called recreational vehicles and sometimes "fun machines...
...Though the company's sales and profits are rising swiftly, the stock price fell from an adjusted June high of $48.25 to an August low of $32.13; last week it closed at $38.50. One result has been to diminish on paper the fortune of Winnebago's ruling Hanson family. In 1958, present Chairman John K. Hanson, then a furniture dealer, bought most of the company's assets for $12,000. By mid-1972, he had seen that investment grow into family stock holdings worth $773 million; now the value is $617 million...
...VIRGINIA HANSON...
...Bill Hanson did the damage, tipping a slow point shot past Bertagna...
Cornell had slowly chipped away at the Crimson in the first two periods, scoring once in each. Bill Hanson registered the first goal on a scramble that saw Crimson goalie Bruce Durno turn away three rapid-fire shots before relenting...