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...increased their lead to 17 points before the Crimson closed the were paced by Dave Holmes, who tallied was plagued by shoddy passing, repeated traveling violations, and mediocre foul gap late in the contest, clicked on 43 per cent of their shots from the floor. They two figures. Vern Strand was high man 17 points, and Steve Rich, who scored 12. None of the Crimson players scored in with nine points: Pete Kelley collected eight...
...Pete Kelley (6 ft. 6 in.). Kelley tallied 306 points last year and was one of the squad's leading rebounders. Sophomores Al Bornheimer (5 ft. 11 in.) and Leo Scully (6 ft.)--the leading scorer on last year's freshman team--will start at the guard positions. Vern Strand (6 ft. 4 in.) will play at the pivot post on coach Floyd Wilson's revamped offense...
...fail-safe" system ensures that each restaurant abides by Stouffer standards. The research kitchen at the Cleveland headquarters has standardized 4,500 Stouffer recipes, prescribes the menus for every link in the chain. Vern Stouffer studies the menus, often steps into the kitchen to test-taste, sends his secretary such memos as "Haven't seen baked bananas lately." As chairman, chief stockholder, and tastemaker, Stouffer is on the road at least one-third of the time to keep up the standards. He likes to drop into his restaurants unannounced, order a meal as if he were just another customer...
...Vern Stouffer expects that premium-priced frozen foods, which now account for 40% of the company's gross, eventually will bring in more than 50% of it. But he says: "The restaurants will always remain the hallmark of our quality." He personally intends to see that they do. And he has his own special means for keeping his waistline in fighting trim for all those calorie-loaded inspection trips: when not on the road or entertaining guests, he usually lunches at his desk on buttermilk and crackers...
Plagued by injuries to its pitching staff, fourth-place Pittsburgh is currently in an off swing in their on-again-off-again season. A fine outfield, and an excellent infield have not been able to compensate for injuries to the like of righthander Bob Gibbon or for Vern Law's failure to make a completely successful comeback...