Word: jose
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...constitutionally elected President of Ecuador had served out his full four-year term and was passing the emblem of office to a constitutionally elected successor. The sash had fitted husky ex-Athlete (University of California) Plaza a lot better than it fitted bony Scholar (international law, political theory) Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, Ecuador's new chief executive...
...Ridder family, which bought the morning and evening papers in San Jose, Calif, only two weeks ago (TIME, Aug. 4), last week purchased two more California dailies. For an undisclosed amount, the Ridders took over Long Beach's morning Independent (circ. 48,100) and evening Press-Telegram (95,823). The Ridders now have twelve dailies...
JULIAN A. WESTON San Jose, Costa Rica
...Journal (TIME, Jan. 8, 1951) because, said Editor Bernard J. Ridder, "they offered us more than it was worth, and there's a limit to how far you'll go to hold on to something." Last week the Ridders were in a buying mood. Into booming San Jose, Calif, they went to take over the San Jose evening News and morning Mercury (total circ. 72,000) for a reported price of $3,700,000 from the newspapers' present owners...
...Into San Jose as the new publisher will go Joseph Ridder, 32, now general manager of the St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press. The Ridders picked well. They have a monopoly in San Jose and dominate an expanding industrial area. They now have their eyes on two other California papers, the Long Beach Independent and Press-Telegram...