Word: macke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Peter Olai) Peterson, 62, resigned as chairman and
president of Mack Trucks, Inc. after a four-year tenure in which he
more than doubled Mack's sales and successfully weathered the recession
(third-quarter sales of $66,352,321 v. $60,759,386 in 1957).
Successor: to be named by Dec. 31.
Died. Harry Revel, 52, bachelor composer of popular love songs (Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?), who also wrote scores for Broadway (Ziegfeld Follies of 1931) and Hollywood, often teamed with Lyricist Mack Gordon; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Manhattan...
...punch provided by sophomore Jed Fitzgerald was missing. Fitzgerald dropped back from Benjamin, his usual running-mate, and finished seventh, behind Crimson runners Willie Thompson and Mack Brown. Brown, an unpredictable runner, finished ahead of both Ed Martin and Jim Schlaeppi, who have been among the top runners in past races. Buster LaFrance ran tenth in the scoring...
...Brevis. In Memphis, College Student Mack Prichard was hired to teach Choctaw Indians at the nearby Chucalissa Indian Village how to make arrowheads...
...Town) became one of the greatest ballet hits in history. After that Jerry almost always had a hit. His serious ballets (Age of Anxiety, The Cage, Afternoon of a Faun) are untarnished by time, and his dance interludes for musical shows-notably the monumental madness of the Mack Sennett sequence in High Button Shoes-revitalized Broadway ballet...