Word: sec
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Strake Jesuit College Preparatory school, through its dealing with Frank Sharp, a central figure in the SEC suit, lost...
...National Bankers Life Insurance Co. and the Olympic Life Insurance Co., both controlled by Sharp, have been taken over by the state of Texas while the SEC surveys the damage. Stockholders are suing the former managements, claiming that "insiders" reaped big profits by manipulating stocks...
...Paralysis. There are no easy answers to these dilemmas. The Securities and Exchange Commission has so far dickered with the exchange for eight years over commission-rate revisions without reaching a final decision. The regulatory paralysis has only been increased by President Nixon's delay in appointing an SEC chairman to succeed the procrastinating Hamer Budge, who resigned Dec. 31 to join Investors Diversified Services. The White House has offered the chairmanship to William J. Casey, 57, a Manhattan and Washington tax lawyer who is a partner of Leonard Hall, Republican national chairman during the Eisenhower Administration. At week...
...agency produced two 30-sec. commercials for its commercials. Tony Wake, the Ketchum vice president who dreamed up the idea, had little trouble selling it to the bank's officials, despite the cost of the extra promotions. In advertising, where few hesitate to imitate, the idea could well lead to a plethora of plugs plugging plugs...
...Elmo Wright, Houston, 6 ft., 195 lbs. Hill has all the makings of the ideal pro receiver: the speed, the moves, the spring, the hands and the power to blast free after a catch. Whippet quick, he runs the 100 in 9.3 sec., an advantage he used to stunning effect in returning punts and kickoffs tor the Sun Devils. Hauling in 58 passes for ten touchdowns this season, Hill was the leading scorer in the Western Athletic Conference. Wright, as they say, "is one of those guys who smell the goal line." In three seasons, despite the fact that Houston...