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Says a family friend: "There but for the grace of God goes anyone's kid." Beverly McBeath was no friend at Highland Park (Texas) High School, but she speaks for all her schoolmates when she recalls that John Hinckley was "so normal he appeared to fade into the woodwork." Nonetheless, some time in the barren years since his 1973 graduation from high school, Hinckley went beyond mere ordinariness. His solitude and fecklessness became chronic, and he started drifting...
...Edinburgh, was debating a motion to raise the yearly minimum wage ($1,036 plus a house) of its ministers when a sturdy dockworker rose, announced that his salary was $3,360, and made a strong plea for the underpaid clergy. "That is well said," replied the Rev. John McBeath, assembly president, "but let me remind you that you canna tak the breeks off a Hielan' mon!" Nonetheless, the assembly voted a $140 increase...
...shares in the Nieman estate were acquired by the Journal Co. and Miss McBeath at $3,500 a share, Miss McBeath buying in her part of the trustfund. Next, one-fourth of the Journal's total stock, split 100 for 1 to convenient $35 units, was offered for sale to Journal employes of five years standing. Since 531 Journalists qualified, each employe received an initial stock quota of from $500 to $5,000, based on his pay & rank...
...Nieman's own will directed that proceeds of her estate be given to Harvard as a memorial for a favorite nephew The paper's President & Editor Harry Johnston Grant, who already owned 20% of the Journal, thereupon announced that he and Niece McBeath wanted to have the Nieman stock made available for a plan whereby the Journal's employes could buy in on the ownership (TIME, June...
With the new alignment, Mr. Grant Miss McBeath, the estate of a former Journal business manager and the employes will each own one-fourth of the paper. Mr. Grant and Miss McBeath have directed in their wills that their stock will eventually be sold to employes thus giving them full control...