Word: montanans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...biggest surprise was John Petkevich, an 18-year-old Montanan who was competing in his second Nationals as a senior skater. Still a little ragged in the school figures, he was in fourth place when he glided out for his free-skating routine. To the ringing trumpets of Spanish music, he went through five minutes of dazzling Salchows (jump and forward turn), Lutzes (jump and reverse turn) and flying splits. Then he went off with something he calls "the Bourkey"-an astonishing leap in which he kicks sideways, twirls, arches and floats as if suspended by wires. He decided against...
...served on convoy duty in the Atlantic for ten months, later served in both the Army and the Marines. By the time he was 19, Mike had served in three branches of the armed forces, never rising above the rank of private first class, and was the youngest Montanan in the war. He still wears the Marines' discharge button in his lapel...
Tight Controls. Zenith is led by Scottish-born Chairman Hugh Robertson, a vigorous 74-year-old who prides himself on the fact that Zenith is not one cent in debt. Day-to-day management of the company is left to lanky Montanan Joseph Wright, 50, who joined Zenith as a lawyer in 1953, became president three years ago. Since Zenith's headquarters and production facilities are all centered in Chicago. Wright and a platoon of bright, aggressive vice presidents are able to keep a close personal watch on every phase of the company's operations. "With each...