Word: merediths
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Born. To Herbert Hoover III, 21, sophomore at Stanford University, and Meredith McGilvray Hoover, 21: their first child (and first great grandchild for ex-President Hoover), a son; in Palo Alto, Calif. Name: Stephen. Weight...
Theatre Guild on the Air (Sun. 9:30 p.m., ABC). Of Mice and Men, with Burgess Meredith and June Havoc...
...Meredith, he has already begun to talk about the responsibility of future engineers, and M.I.T.'s "fourth estate"-the social sciences and the humanities. Last week, in his inaugural address, he spoke of these responsibilities again...
Edwin Thomas Meredith, the man who made "Merediths," built it up from a seemingly worthless wedding present. In 1895, his uncle deeded the 19-year-old bridegroom a dying Populist paper, the Des Moines Farmers' Tribune. In seven years, Meredith put the unsuccessful Tribune into the black, then sold it to start Successful Farming with the profits. By 1922, he was selling ads for the first issue of his second magazine, Fruit, Garden and Home (now B. H. & G.). At his death in 1928, Publisher Meredith (who had been Wilson's Secretary of Agriculture) left a gilt-edged...
...sometimes works until 4 a.m.) who likes to tackle tough advertising accounts himself, drops into retail stores to find out first-hand who is buying what, and barrages his staffs with ideas. He has also stopped the presses when struck by a better idea. But Bohen and Vice President Meredith (who helps manage the business side) usually let veteran Editor Frank McDonough, 43, run things...