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Herrnstein said yesterday that he was not trying to be hostile to Purvey and that he had simply found a mistake in Purina's Crimson statement which he wanted him to correct...
...sure, the President downplayed the politics of his moves. Nixon explained that Hardin, a pipe-smoking former chancellor of the University of Nebraska, had wanted out as early as three months ago to accept "an exceptionally attractive offer" as vice chairman of Ralston Purina Co., a large cereals and feed processor in St. Louis. Yet it was also true that Hardin had, perhaps innocently, become a political liability. Many farmers considered him an ineffective spokesman for their interests; others did not even recognize his name-with the result that Nixon became the object of their discontent. Conceded one of Nixon...
...Ralston Purina...
...Fuels wants to build-but not operate -a $150 million oil-desulfurization plant at the head of glorious Penobscot Bay. The proposed site: the little town of Searsport (pop. 1,800), a drab, faded conglomeration of weather-beaten brick buildings, a railroad depot, an oil tank farm and a Purina Dog Chow silo. Though Clean Fuels had previously been turned down by both Riverhead, N.Y., and South Portland, Me., it was in effect invited to Searsport, whose selectmen have already approved the 200,000-barrels-a-day refinery. "I'm not for pollution," says Paul Staples, owner...
...Teams of Allende officials circulated through the business community, spreading reassurances that no precipitous moves were planned. In November, however, Allende announced the "temporary" takeover of a hardware manufacturer that is partly owned by Northern Indiana Brass, as well as a feed company that is a subsidiary of Ralston Purina. The seizures were accomplished under a 1945 labor law that allows government intervention to prevent a plant from closing. The hardware company had shut its doors when credit tightened and home construction slowed after Allende's election. The feed company had laid off ten workers at its broiler farm...