Word: oregon
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...into the corporate history of the Hudson's Bay Co. than into all of Kenneth Roberts' novels. In the course of its 292 years existence, "the Bay" has fought shooting wars with the French over fur trapping in Eastern Canada, and tussled with the U.S. over the Oregon Territory. To look at the remodeled Winnipeg warehouse that is the company's operating headquarters, or to listen to its board of directors ceremoniously called to order in London as ''the Annual General Court of the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson...
...concession at all. The ranks at present total only 665,282 men (389,738 in the Guard and 275,544 in the reserves), and stringent new physical and proficiency requirements also announced by McNamara should trim the total even more. Half a dozen Governors voiced objections; Oregon's Republican Mark Hatfield called it a "blackjack effort." But there seemed little doubt that McNamara's plan would go through...
QUARTERBACK: Terry Baker, 21, Oregon State; 6 ft. 3 in., 191 lbs. An engineering student and all-round athlete. Baker is ambidextrous, sinks push shots for Oregon State's basketball team in the winter, slings lefthanded passes in the fall. A dangerous runner and a superb punter, Baker is on every pro club's shopping list. "It's self-protection," explains a scout. "If he's playing against you, he can kill you." Detroit's Jerry Gross, 23 (5 ft. 10 in., 175 lbs.), is prized for his pinpoint passing; Northwestern's Tom Myers...
HALFBACKS: Jerry Stovall, 21, Louisiana State; 6 ft. 2 in., 200 lbs. Mel Renfro, 20, Oregon; 6 ft., 190 lbs. "Stovall is the complete football player." reads a scouting report. "Runner, receiver, defensive player, kicker. Comes up with the big play when it's needed." Oregon's Renfro can sprint 100 yds. in 9.6 sec., change direction in a flash; he still has a year of college to go, but the scouts consider him the best running back in the country: "No senior can run as well." U.C.L.A.'s Kermit Alexander...
...half a dozen states, thorny fights were waged between rural and urban voters about how the legislature should be apportioned. In West Virginia and Oregon, the voters turned down proposals that would have fortified the representation of the country areas against the steadily growing demands of the city dwellers. Maryland, Florida and California proposals to give more heft to the cities were defeated. Colorado struck a classic compromise, approved a plan that set a fixed size for the senate while guaranteeing that the house be reapportioned regularly on a strict population basis...