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...wagon loaded with freshly mined gold. He graduated from his father's university, Stanford, in 1925, and from Harvard's School of Business Administration, became an oil-exploration engineer, worked for the governments of Iran, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil. He founded the United Geophysical Co. in Pasadena and stayed on as president after it was bought out by Union Oil of California. He was also an airline engineer (with Western Air Express, a forerunner of the present T.W.A.). He is now a director of four or five companies. Although he is, not surprisingly, a Republican, he has taken...
With Ferry stationed in Manhattan and Hutchins dividing his time between Manhattan and Pasadena, Calif, (where the fund is housed in a mansion, with swimming pool, originally purchased by the Ford Foundation for West Coast headquarters), the fund will soon speed up the spending of its self-liquidating millions. One controversial project looming on Hutchins' list may well demand the counsel of a public-relations expert: a look at censorship, boycotting and blacklisting activities in radio, television and movies...
...Newport, R.I., Intercollegiate Tennis Champion Hamilton Richardson, 20, sixth ranking player in the U.S., fought through a four-hour final, longest of the grass-court season, outlasted Pasadena's Straight Clark, 29, for the Newport invitation title, 6-3, 9-7, 12-14, 6-8, 10-8. Shot through with upsets, the tournament saw such top-seeded players as the U.S.'s Vic Seixas, Australia's Wimbledon Finalist Kenneth Rosewall and his Davis Cup teammate, Lewis Hoad, all beaten badly in early rounds...
...Sweet Song. In Pasadena, Calif., Mrs. Olga Maltsberger, 50, owner of a cat that responds only to a wolf whistle, reported unhappily that a man appeared at her door when she was whistling at 2 a.m., insisted that the call...
Sentimental Journey. In Pasadena, Calif., suing each other for divorce, Grover T. Kelley and wife Daisy Mae disagreed on 1) the date of their marriage, 2) the place of their marriage, 3) the date of their separation, 4) the year and make of their automobile...