Word: ince
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...persuade U.S. hospitals to try her physical-therapy methods for treating infantile paralysis back in the early 19403, the late Australian-born Sister Elizabeth Kenny suddenly found an enthusiastic backer in Minneapolis' Mayor Marvin L. Kline. He was the prime mover in getting the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation, Inc. set up in Minneapolis in 1943. In 1946, after upstart Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey ousted him from office, Republican Kline became the foundation's executive director...
...Chicago direct-mail firm named Empire Industries, Inc. (later reorganized under various names) raked in $19.5 million in donations under a fund-raising contract with the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation. Of this $19.5 million, Empire kept $11.5 million for fees, commissions and expenses, turned over only $8,000,000 to the foundation. Boss of Empire: Abraham L. Koolish, presently under indictment in Chicago on a federal charge of mail fraud (raising funds for a phony charitable organization that was supposed to help disabled war veterans but never...
...buying habits. Japanese goods since the war have gained wide U.S. acceptance for quality at a lower price. Guided by U.S. know-how, Japanese manufacturers have gone far to overcome the reputation for shoddiness formerly attached to the "Made in Japan" label. Says an official of Chadwick-Miller Importers Inc. of Boston: "Since the war, we find Japanese quality is excellent, considering price." Besides, points out Seiki Tozaki, president of C. Itoh & Co., a Japanese import-export firm in Manhattan, "international trade is a two-way street. If you buy from us, we will buy from you." Japan...
...Marshall S. Lachner, 46, resigned as president and chief executive officer of B. T. Babbitt, Inc, a leading maker of household cleaning products. He switched from beer to Babbitt 30 months ago. after squabbling forced him out of Pabst. "We have no pride." he announced. "We'll do anything that's legal to make a profit.'' He ran gimmicky promotions, even gave away subway tokens for Bab-O coupons. For a while Babbitt cleaned up. earned 42? per share in 1958 (v. $1.15 per share loss the year before), but last year it was back...
Last week a New York grand jury brought in a 134-count information for false advertising and conspiracy against Regimen's manufacturer, 48-year-old Mail-Order Medicine Man John Andre (real name: John Andreadis). Also cited was Regimen's advertising agency, Kastor, Hilton, Chesley, Clifford & Atherton, Inc. District Attorney Hogan charged that, unknown to the public, four of-the TV performers were on rigid diets, that many took dehydration drugs and medical treatments to lose weight quickly, and that at least one required treatment for malnutrition at the end of the course...