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Author Bradford, 36, is the son of the late Roark Bradford, whose fanciful Negro folk tales about the creation, Of Man Adam an' His Chillun, were adapted by Marc Connelly into Green Pastures. He obviously has inherited his father's ear for dialect. On his own, he has the spontaneous gait and happy tone of a natural-born-if derivative-storyteller...
Lean Staffs. The compact, single-plant companies, many of them years older than the giants, also pride themselves on being more flexible, can quickly change their product mix to accommodate special orders. "We can cook steel to order in 20 minutes," says Vice President Grady L. Roark of Chicago's Acme Steel. With lean executive staffs, the smaller companies can also reorganize in a hurry to combat tough times. Delaware's long-ailing Phoenix Steel has been revamped in 19 months by new President Stanley Kirk, who has turned red ink to black by cutting the production force...
...sweep of the Wimbledon Singles titles, California's Louise Brough needed every trick in the book to outlast California's Beverly Baker Fleitz 7-5, 8-6. A Wimbledon winner in 1948, '49, and '50, Tennis Stylist Brough is now halfway to Helen Wills Moody Roark's Wimbledon record of eight championships...
...ROARK BRADFORD...
Died. Clyde Roark Hoey, 76, Democratic U.S. Senator from North Carolina since 1945, one-term (1937-41) governor of North Carolina; of a heart ailment; in his office in Washington...