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After buying into Mid-Continent Airlines, Inc. and becoming a director, Ted Law laid out $250,000 for a substantial interest in Alaska Airlines. A month ago he persuaded chubby, bearded Harry R. Playford, chairman of the board of the First National Bank of St. Petersburg, Fla., to put in another $250,000. Marshall and Playford gave Law the job of civilizing the line...
...Library's collection is chiefly noted for a very rare group of the works of John Playford, an English music publisher of the late seventeenth century. To the casual viewer, Playford's "An Introduction to the Skill of Music" may appear very striking, since it provides first-hand information of the ideas which people held about music...
...committee accepted the gift of a photograph of a famous eight-oar crew, of which Mr. Playford was stroke, on the Thames, and, in the distance, a twelve-oar crew probably the only one ever organized. Mr. Frederic Crowningshield '66, was the donor. The chairman of the Athletic Committee will be glad to hear suggestions as to the permanent place for the photograph...
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