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...major subsidiaries. He was lured away from that post by rival Mannesmann, West Germany's second largest steelmaker (after Krupp), which was searching for a bright young man to preside over its drive for diversification. Scheduled to take over as chief executive of Mannesmann Oct. 1, genial Herr Doktor Overbeck is currently studying the company's operations under the tutelage of retiring Chairman Hermann Winkhaus, 65, this week will fly off to Canada to inspect Mannesmann's steel plants there...
Sadly, this summer's brass fanfare may be the last. Scholtes has his enemies, who feel that he has won more glory than is proper for a $220-a-month clerk. When he was invited to Salzburg last year and introduced as "beloved Herr Doktor Scholtes," his fellow townsmen seethed. But if his concours goes, the loss will be Kerkrade's: instead of listening to the pick of the world's brasses, the town will have to settle for relative quiet and its own supply of twelve brass bands, 18 male choirs, nine flute, mandolin and drum...
...many collaborators was Herr Loebau, the engineer mentioned in your article, who is employed by the Rodriquez Shipyard. A capable and versatile engineer, Herr Loebau actually had no part in the original design of the boats in question. Neither had Signer Rodriquez, who, however, has rendered a great service in introducing the hydrofoil boat in commercial operation...
...every member of the Bundestag, they urged the outlawing of an atavism that is "utterly incompatible with our contemporary conception of morals and ethics." The professors, including Nobel prizewinning Physicist Max Born, got nowhere. The Bundestag is laced with the Alte Herren (alumni) of dueling societies. Fumed one Alter Herr: "Don't talk about things you don'tunderstand...
Milwaukee's days are over and the Braves should settle for fifth. Age has withered Herr Warren Spahn, and custom not only staled his infinite variety but deprived him of his fastball. The Braves opened the season with no one in left or right, and it is very difficult for Hank Aaron to cover the whole outfield expanse...