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Manhattan Investment Banker Hanns Ditisheim, 55, is a spruce, Swiss-born millionaire with a speculator's sharp eye for an underpriced stock and a burning desire to control a big company. Last week, after having a foot in the door for nearly two years, Ditisheim and a syndicate of backers bought enough stock (55%) to get control of Chicago's Butler Bros., which owns 2,375 Ben Franklin 5 & 10? stores, 90 variety and department stores, $9,000,000 of Chicago and" Dallas real estate, and had 1955 sales of $117 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Company for Hanns | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

Stowe Mansfield and Spruce Peak report good to excellent conditions; Franconia Mittersell, good to excellent; Cannon Mt., poor to good; North Conway Cranmore, good; Brattleboro Hogback, good to excellent; Manchester Snow Valley, good to excellent; and Pinkham Notch, good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Good Ski Reports | 3/2/1956 | See Source »

Stowe (Mansfield and Spruce Peak)--Good to excellent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snow's Great! | 2/24/1956 | See Source »

Manchester Snow Valley is excellent; Middlebury and Stowe's Mansfield and Spruce Peak are judged good to excellent; and Manchester's Big Bromley is good. At Franconia, Mittersill is excellent and the slope of Cannon Mountain is good to excellent. North Conway's Cranmore reports fair to good conditions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Northern Ski Regions Report 'Good to Excellent' Conditions | 2/17/1956 | See Source »

Stowe, Mt. Mansfield and Spruce Peak report excellent; Manchester's Big Bromley the same; Franconia, Cannon Mt., good to excellent; Mittersill, excellent. North Conway reports good and Middlebury excellent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Resorts Say "Good-Excellent" Snow Conditions for Weekend | 2/3/1956 | See Source »

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