Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Harry Elmer Humphreys Jr., 66, president (1949-57) and chairman (1951-65) of Uniroyal Inc., formerly U.S. Rubber Co., third largest U.S. rubber producer, who rose from secretary of Christiana Securities, the Du Pont family holding company, to head the Du Pont-controlled rubber firm, where he overcame a late start in postwar expansion and more than doubled sales (to $1.2 billion) before retiring; of a heart ailment; in White Plains...
...been slowly creeping up earlier in the year, increased 0.4% in July to a record 116.5-or 16.5% above the 1957-59 base level. More significant was a stirring in the cost of basic industrial products that generally foreshadows general price trends. After five months of stability, industrial goods rose a substantial 0.3% in August...
According to a new Federal Communications report, industry revenues (largely sponsors' fees) rose by 12% to a record $2.2 billion; pretax profits increased by 10% to $492 million...
...executive recruiting service for the top job at ITT. In May 1959 he walked into Adams' office, abruptly announced: "I'm resigning." The day the news came out, Raytheon was the most actively traded stock on the New York Stock Exchange, dropping 6½ points. ITT rose only half a point, but it was the third most active stock. Set in motion by Geneen, Raytheon today flourishes without him. As for ITT, Wall Street figured that the company was in for some changes under Geneen, and it was right...
...novel calculated to disgust, Tattoo the Wicked Cross succeeds in its primary objective. Its subjects are prison, prestige and pederasty, more or less in that order, and will remind readers of the works of Jean Genet (The Blacks, Miracle of the Rose), celebrant of sodomy in the bastilles of modern France...