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...Century. As the city grew, so did the power of Otis and his friends. In 1890 Otis proclaimed that bustling Los Angeles (pop. 50,000) must have a "free" harbor, thereby threw himself and the Times into a seven-year battle with the powerful Southern Pacific and its boss, Collis P. Huntington. The S.P. bitterly insisted on a harbor to be located at Santa Monica, where, providentially, S.P. owned the only access route; the Times pounded its fist for a site to the south, free of S.P. domination, at the coastal inlet of San Pedro. With the eager Santa...
...Frederick W. Ford, 47, was nominated to a seven-year term on the Federal Communications Commission, replacing retiring Chairman George C. McConnaughey, 61, as a member of the commission, but not in the top job. The senior post goes to John C. Doerfer, 52, a tough, middle-roading lawyer who has been an FCCommissioner since 1953. A West Virginian born and educated (West Virginia University, '31), Lawyer Ford first went to work for FCC in 1947 after a stint at the Office of Price Administration, within six years worked up from hearing commissioner to chief of the hearing division...
...Producer-Host Robert Montgomery, TV aide-de-camp to President Eisenhower, rang down the curtain on his hour-long NBC dramatic show after a seven-year run. The last play was Faust '57, a disjointed modern treatment of the classic tale about a pact with the Devil-and an ironic choice, since the program had been going to hell all season. The passing of Robert Montgomery Presents is lamentable not only in light of its past glories but because it reflects the sudden high casualty rate among" TV's live dramatic shows. Others canceled for next season...
...anyone who likes living in a palace, presiding over state banquets and dedicating buildings, the presidency of Italy can be a highly rewarding seven-year job. But restless, silver-haired Giovanni Gronchi, who has held the post since 1955, has never adjusted himself to being a constitutional figurehead. He prefers power to pomp, any day. Last week, as Italy's latest political crisis dragged into its second month, Gronchi was well on his way to having both...
...Simple. The first breakthrough came in 1933. when a virus, soon dubbed influenza type A, was convicted as the cause of one epidemic. It became clear that type A was likely to take the warpath every two years or so, with severe epidemics at four-to seven-year intervals. A vaccine could be prepared to give immunity lasting up to two years. In 1940 came the discovery of type B virus, and the realization that it belonged to a different immunologic family-vaccination against type A gave no immunity against B. and vice versa. Later came recognition of type...