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...learn much. Both the Woodwards had seemed overly excited about the prowler. The party had been decorous. Woodward, chemical analysis showed, had no more than two drinks. (Ann rarely took a drink.) He had sat next to Brenda Frazier Kelly and had danced the last dance with Laddie Sanford's wife, Mary Duncan Sanford, both longtime acquaintances. The Duchess of Windsor had congratulated Woodward on Nashua's performance...
CARPET MERGER being arranged between Mohawk Carpet Mills and Alexander Smith will result in the biggest U.S. carpet firm, topping both Bigelow-Sanford and James Lees. To cut costs and boost sagging sales, the two companies will form Masco Industries on a stock exchange of four shares of Masco for each share of Mohawk, one share of Alexander Smith for each share of Masco. Combined sales: $94 million v. $68 million for Bigelow-Sanford, $62 million for James Lees...
Stopgap Plan. All across the prairies, farmers dug into savings for cash to meet their taxes, payments on land and farm machinery. In Sanford, Man., the local credit union closed its books when the outstanding loans reached the legal limit. In Alberta farm towns, barter in livestock began to replace cash sales. In Saskatchewan, idle farmers swamped the National Employment Service with job applications. Last week the government offered a stopgap plan for the government to guarantee bank loans to farmers with stocks of unsalable grain. The scheme disappointed many farmers, who had hoped for straight cash advances on their...
...Sanford bided his time. He switched and changed his oarsmen; he brought up a new coxswain, and he watched his men round into condition. Their stroke lengthened with power. The rhythm that puts a long, swift run on the boat became second nature. Last week, as a hot (90°), breathless haze flattened the dead waters of New York's Onondaga Lake for the 53rd Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta, Cornell was ready...
...Sanford's day was perfect. His freshman and jayvee crews completed a sweep of the lake. Cornell had seen nothing like it, even in the days of "Pop" Courtney's powerful crews. "I'm too happy to make sense," said Sanford. He was even happier when he caught his breath and reminded his rivals that all but one of his victorious varsity will be back in the boat next year...