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...Mexican payoff was only a prelude. It opened the way for every disgruntled player to sue baseball in the federal courts on the basis that the reserve clause violates the anti-trust laws. And now Congressman Emmanuel Caller, an old friend of Happy Chandler's, has decided to parade the whole issue before a House committee in order to decide it "once and for all." Some people see in this move a last minute attempt by retiring Commissioner Chandler to prove his indispensible political influence. Whatever the lawmakers may say, the reserve clause is essential. Without it, signing of contracts...
...opening round he fired a two-under-par 70 ("I was more pleased with how I played than how I scored"), followed with a 72 on the next 18. When it came to the payoff final round, Hogan was one stroke off the pace set by Sam Snead, 1949 winner, and Skee Reigel, 1947 Amateur champion. The pressure was too much for Snead. He blew to a sky-high 80 (taking an eight on the par-four eleventh hole...
...point, simply to avoid the incessant heckling of makeup men who complained about the difficulties of shading her "nipple" nose, Barbara went to a plastic surgeon and had it bobbed. "It hurt," she said, "like the devil." The Hollywood payoff came when R.K.O.'s new boss Howard Hughes declared that Barbara had "no sex appeal." "That," said Barbara, "made me mad as hell." After 2½ years and four pictures, she and the studio parted company. "I was fired," is the way Barbara puts...
...Broker Arthur Wiesenberger thought he did, and he didn't like it. A specialist in investment trusts and a big stockholder in Selected himself Wiesenberger complained that under the merger, Selected common stock-holders would be 1) surrendering $1730 m dividend arrears for a mere $8 70 payoff; 2) swapping 76% voting control for 2% in the merged company; 3) missine out on a fat batch of capital gains that were not reflected by the market price of Selected. Wiesenberger began urging proxy holders to defeat the merger...
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