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YOSEF GOTTFREUND, 40, the hefty wrestling referee, had heroically held a door of the Israeli quarters shut, allowing others to escape. A Jerusalem merchant, Gottfreund left a wife and two daughters, one of whom told friends in Jerusalem: "His last act was typical of him; my father was always ready to help others...
...Lynn, Mass., Y.M.C.A. in 1906, and immediately specialized in high-turnover products priced between the nickel and dime items of F.W. Woolworth's and the 500 minimum then common in department stores. Nearly 50 years ago, he decided that the business needed professional managers rather than a merchant at the top, and he gradually withdrew from active participation to devote most of his time to philanthropy and hobbies. The chain continued to prosper, and now includes 1,190 stores in 43 states with annual sales of $1.5 billion...
...father, Andrew (Lee Richardson), wielding the twin thunderbolts of "money and gunpowder," who is the capitalistic Zeus. Shaw himself had a Caesar complex. He was fascinated by absolute power and that explained his deplorable temporary enthusiasms for Hitler and Stalin. But his Undershaft is of another breed. This merchant of death is also an apostle of life...
Hyams is chairman of Oldham Estate Co., a $355 million property firm, most of which he owns. The son of a small-time London merchant and bookmaker, he started working as an office boy in a real estate agency at age 17 and became a sterling millionaire while still in his twenties. In 1959 he bought Oldham Estates, an obscure Lancashire property concern, and has used the company as a base for rapidly proliferating real estate ventures in London. A $100 investment in Oldham stock in 1959 would be worth $75,000 today...
Since the days of the three-masters, merchant seamen the world over have regarded New York harbor as by far the U.S.'s premier port of call. Now the tide is changing. Chronic labor strife, rampant pilferage and the rising cost of doing business are forcing many shippers to steer around the Port of New York, which is an 833-mile labyrinth of piers stretching from northern New Jersey to western Long Island. Less than 13% of the nation's ocean-borne foreign trade passes through the port, a drop of more than 50% in the past three...