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Young Yankees. On the long end of 8-5 odds, the world champion Yankees have won 53 out of their last 72 games, put together a 10-game winning streak and still not been able to catch Cleve land. But no one ever worried about a Yankee outfit quitting; they have a long, proud record as year-end leaders...
Track to Run On. For five years, while BW's 27 other divisions (Pesco pumps, Warner gears, etc.) were making money, Norge had operated in the red. Said Sayre: "I plan to run this outfit the way I ran Bendix-at a profit." When he took over, Norge had a new line of topnotch appliances. But in large areas of the country its products were not even being distributed. Sayre launched a "dealer-getting" program, set up selling tie-ins with distributors for Motorola and Zenith, which make radio and TV sets but no white goods. Dealers began signing...
Healthy Climate. Partnership means simply that Interior will help power projects, where possible, and might pay part of construction costs (for flood control and navigation benefits, both federal responsibilities). Henceforth, McKay said, the Federal Government will build only projects too big for any other outfit. Example: the $1.2 billion five-state Upper Colorado project...
...first vacation as Secretary, after the hard-driving Alaskan swing, McKay went on a hard-riding packhorse trip in California's Yosemite National Park (part of Interior's domain). For five days McKay, wearing a comfortable cowboy outfit, roughed it frontier-style-riding the steep Sierra trail, cooking in the open, camping out at night. This week, at his summer house on the Oregon coast, he relaxed with his family (13 in all, with Mabel McKay cooking...
...name Symphony of the Air, and went out to look for business. Likeliest projects: 1) concerts in a theater of its own; 2) an alliance with a university; 3) radio and TV sponsorship; 4) a general appeal for funds. With any luck at all, Toscanini's old outfit should be tuning up again by fall...