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Hunt is a man of many oddly assorted parts. He is an academic in good standing, and he is also a Republican, an enthusiastic Rotarian, a shrewd organizer and a fluent speaker. He hit his professional stride as a high-school principal in St. Johns, Mich. (pop. 5,000) and, as a sideline, became a successful speaker at Rotary Club luncheons. While on Rotary's wheel, Herold Christian Hunt swung over to a better job as superintendent of the rundown schools of Kalamazoo. After three years of cleaning up Kalamazoo, he was well established as an able mender...
Under "Labor" [June 13] you write: "It was a long stride toward Reuther's goal, the guaranteed annual wage, which would give industrial labor job security and status like that enjoyed by salaried employees...
...never used so many effects before," said Grofé. But he had no cause to worry about his amateur specialists. The motorcycle policeman took the assignment in stride ("I don't feel much different; I can handle it") and the siren man was even more blasé about his symphonic debut ("Doesn't bother me; I used to be in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Band"). Sally Herman, who does the barking, is a 25-year-old credit assistant at George Washington University Hospital. She landed the job unexpectedly by winning an audition over five real dogs...
...aircraft industry last week took a big stride into jet-age commercial flying. In Los Angeles, Lockheed Aircraft Corp. announced that it is building the first U.S. commercial turboprop (jet plus propeller) airliner, will have it in the air by 1958. Lockheed President Robert E. Gross announced his first order: $65 million from American Airlines for 35 of the fast, new planes, all of them to be delivered...
...next bater, Bill Clery, hit a high bouncing grounder over MacKenzie's head, but was nipped by a stride at first...