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...South continued to boom. One of the nation's biggest chemical centers sprang up in Alabama's tiny farming hamlet of Mclntosh, lured by its abundant salt deposits. In Decatur, Ala., Monsanto Chemical and American Viscose began building $133 million plants for Chemstrand, their jointly owned subsidiary, to manufacture Acrilan. All the synthetics -notably the new fibers like Dacron, Orion, Dynel, etc.-were growing so fast that Australian sheepherders worried that they would lose their wool market, as the Japanese had lost their market for silk...
Millicent Mclntosh, dean of Barnard College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LL.D...
...qualify, a student must be in the top third of his high-school senior class, take an aptitude test, then pass muster before a board of nine college deans and presidents (among them: Barnard's Dean Millicent Mclntosh, M.I.T.'s President James R. Killian Jr., North Carolina's President Gordon Gray). As for which of the private colleges will get the benefit of the new fund, Henry Ford had no idea: that is a matter that the students will decide for themselves...
...worth more than $250 million. Of this, John and George own 40%. The remaining 60% is owned by the children of Edward, Maria Josephine and Marie Louise (all deceased). Edward's two children, George Huntington Hartford II and Mrs. Josephine Bryce, own 10% each, as do Mrs. Joseph Mclntosh and Mrs. Marie Robinson, daughters of Marie Louise. Another 20% is owned by Maria Josephine's heirs. * The others: John Hartford, Frank McKelvey (John's brother-in-law), Sheldon Stewart and Herbert Ludlum (their first cousin...
Speaking of women in politics, Millicent Carey Mclntosh, dean of Barnard College, had a hunch that more girls would grow up to become Senators. But a lady President? Out of the question: "Other women wouldn't vote for her . . . Women themselves are extremely conservative about other women. They still prefer men doctors or lawyers or bosses...