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Maga's Daughter (1966) shows his wife, who is fond of crazy hats, wearing an 18th century Quaker skimmer. Says Andy: "It reminded me of those Early-American flatiron weather vanes." This work, unlike most, belongs to the artist's own collection-permanently. Since Betsy, an ebullient woman of 45, reminds the artist of her mother, he named the painting, which has the quality of universal womanhood, to encompass two generations...
...loss to Cornell last Saturday, Quaker quarterback Bill Creeden had 14 completions for 263 yards and rushed for another 98--a new Penn single-game record for total offense, 361 yards...
Penn quarterback Bill Creeden outgunned Cornell's Bill Abel, setting two Quaker records in Ivy play -- 14 completions in 28 pass attempts for 263 yards and a total offense of 361 yards. Abel hit on eight of 18 passes for 169 yards...
...course, there's still Harvard and Penn to be considered, but neither has encountered a team worthy of the name opponent." While Harvard was scoring 45 points and holding Tufts to two first downs, Penn was defeating Brown by the surprisingly comfortable margin of 20-0. Quaker quarterback Bill Creeden, completing 15 of 27 passes, set a Penn record in passing for 208 yards...
Seed & Pesticides. From Manila to Maracaibo, Western capital and technology are at work today producing fertilizer, farm machinery, seed and pesticides-and teaching peasant farmers how to use them. They are also marketing new foods. In Colombia. Quaker Oats is promoting a powdered cereal that contains cottonseed flour, corn meal, sorghum and yeast to add body-strengthening vitamins and protein to diets in which their lack dwarfs and weakens millions of children each year. Minneapolis-based Archer-Daniels-Midland is shipping a protein-enriched powdered-soybean beverage to countries as far off as Korea. Corn Products Co. is working...