Word: paramount
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...West Coast, two widely different takeovers last week were the business talk of the territory: >Gulf & Western Industries, the auto parts, chemicals and mining conglomerate, which went hip-deep into the entertainment field last October by buying troubled Paramount Pictures in a $165 million stock swap deal, waded in farther. G&W agreed to take over Hollywood's Desilu Productions, the TV film maker controlled by Comedienne Lucille Ball, for $17 million in stock. Desilu produces four TV series (The Lucy Show, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek and You Don't Say), rents production facilities to 13 others, including...
Blitz Trips. Rhodes, 57, who won office in 1962 by pledging to put the budget in shape, levy no new taxes, and expand employment, is a man obsessed with what jobs mean. As he sees it, unemployment is the root of most social ills and thus is the paramount political issue. Last fall, running for a second four-year term, the Governor plastered the state with two-word stickers: "Rhodes-Jobs." This week, when he is sworn in after a smashing re-election win, he can point to a remarkable record. During his tenure Ohio has added 330,000 jobs...
...riot, which broke out when Negro James Meredith enrolled in previously segregated Ole Miss, shook the college to its foundations. Mississippians suddenly had to get used to the idea of integration at the "white folks school." national attention forced the University out of its comfortable regionalism. Political issues became paramount: white Mississippians had to choose between moderation and a last-ditch defense of the state's traditions...
...Film Bonanza. Mergers to gain new management, more operating cash and some diversification are today's fashion. Last month Paramount Pictures became part of Gulf & Western Industries, which has grown into a widespread company with $317 million in sales. United Artists, though enjoying robust health after its Bond and Beatles bonanzas, is nonetheless looking for further monetary security as well as diversification. A proposed merger with Consolidated Foods was recently turned down by stockholders. But the company is still looking, with Transamerica Corp., a financial holding company, currently said to have the inside track. Such hardheaded business decisions...
Vietnam, for the moment, demands a degree of dishonesty from all congressional candidates who hope to be elected -- either they must consciously de-emphasize an issue they know to be paramount, or they must adopt an inconsistent and therefore dishonest stand designed to please all comers...