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...appointee, who was born in Hoboken and educated at Columbia, is the author of "Configurations of Culture Growth," a study of civilizations after the manner of Spengler and Toynbee, which has been widely acclaimed since its publication two years ago. He was recently awarded the Viking Medal for the most distinguished contributions to the study of anthropology during the last decade, and has also done extensive work in archaeology and linguistics...
...scramble for space, Houston's ship channel to the Gulf has become almost as crowded as the Hoboken waterfront. There big new chemical plants are going up. Along its 50 miles of shore are concentrated $6 million worth of plants. Houston's population is up from 510,000 in 1940 to a jampacked 700,000; employment is greater than at war's peak...
Died. William Starling Burgess, 68, famed naval architect, designer of three successful America's Cup defenders (Ranger, Rainbow, Enterprise), pioneer airman and aircraft designer (winner of the prized Collier Trophy in 1915 for developing a self-stabilizing airplane); of a heart ailment; in Hoboken...
...some the turbo-encabulator sounded as though it would be a "wonderful machine for changing baby's diapers." A reader from Hoboken assumed that it would be on sale soon in Manhattan department stores. Many of you wrote in to thank us for illuminating what you have long wanted to tell your scientist friends...
...gloom of the coal strike, and the smoke of Hoboken, N.J., U.S. Steel last week held its annual stockholders' meeting. For the 200 who attended, such as sisters Mary & Carrie Cerf, who seldom miss a meeting, the news was bad. Chairman Irving S. Olds reported that Bis Steel's production had dropped to 36% of capacity, from 95% a week before the strike started, and earnings had dropped with it. Nevertheless, he declared the usual $1 a share quarterly dividend, hoped that the "tremendous existing demand for steel products of all kinds" will eventually make Big Steel...