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...flew over to the Florida mainland for the dedication of the Everglades as the U.S.'s 28th (and eleventh largest) national park. At the tiny (pop. 600) fishing town of Everglades City, he was welcomed by an enthusiastic, pushing crowd of 4,500. A group of Seminole Indians presented him with a rainbow-colored shirt, and a buckskin bag to take to Bess. He stopped to chat with some sponge fishermen, got two sponges as souvenirs...
Fifty-six new members have joined the ranks of the Harvard Young Republicans in less than a week, bringing its total to a startling 206, by far the largest roster of any of the University's many political organizations...
Facts cannot be denied, however, and the HYRC is now by far the largest political group within the confines of the University. An even more amazing realization is that only five weeks have passed since the first of these men of Republican persuasion organized themselves under a common title...
...industry felt the same way. Last week, only six weeks after a 20?-a-barrel increase in the price of crude oil had upped retail gasoline and oil prices, Sun Oil Co. raised its buying price for crude again. This time the price went up 50? a barrel, the largest single rise oilmen could remember in years. It brought the price of crude bought by Sun Oil to $2.65, highest since...
Rank set the stage by announcing a proposed merger which, in effect, will give theater managers control over film production. Odeon Theaters, Lt., Britain's third largest theater chain (350 houses), has offered to pay ?1,225,000 for control of Rank's privately owned producing and distributing company, General Cinema Finance Corp...