Word: simon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). Recent nominees for a TV "EMMY" AWARD. Dickie and Tommy team up in comedy and song with another popular pair: Simon and Garfunkel, the poets of folk rock...
...highs at Sotheby's: a Cézanne watercolor still life of a milk jug and apples, which brought $406,000-the highest price ever paid for any watercolor at auction. Since the bidder was a Los Angeles dealer, people speculated that he had acted for Collector Norton Simon, who remained mum. A Degas bronze horse pranced off for a record price of $51,800. A Chagall picture (circa 1917) brought $84,000, a new record for him. All in all, Sotheby's knocked down for $2,962,960, 87 works of art, a record...
...Constructive Way." On top of criticism from the lenders when Wheeling failed to meet its repayment schedule last year, Simon came under pressure from his Hunt associates to devote his energies to more promising parts of his realm. To nurse Wheeling back to health, Simon agreed to let Pittsburgh Steel take charge because, said he, "it was the most constructive...
...Pittsburgh, the nation's 14th largest steelmaker, lacks modern galvanizing facilities that Wheeling has in quantity. Pittsburgh's finishing capacity should help Wheeling recapture lost customers. Best of all, the two plants are linked by cheap water transport, the Ohio and Monongahela rivers. Despite his selloff, Simon kept a 4% interest in Wheeling (100,000 shares). If the price climbs eleven points from last week's close of 21⅜, Simon could yet escape from his bath in steel with a profit...
...PURLOINED PAPERWEIGHT by P. G. Wodehouse. 188 pages. Simon & Schuster...