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DIED. Arthur M. Wirtz, 82, hard-nosed real estate and sports magnate; of cancer; in Chicago. A policeman's son who made a Depression fortune by buying up bankrupt properties, Wirtz joined Grain Speculator James Norris to take control of Chicago Stadium in 1935, filling the arena with his own ice revues, his hockey Black Hawks and the basketball Bulls, of which he was part owner. The Wirtz-Norris interests gained such a stranglehold over boxing-promoting 90% of all championship bouts in the U.S. between 1949 and 1955-that a federal court ordered their International Boxing Clubs dissolved...
...When I started selling photos in 1976, I'd first have to prove to my customers that photography was an art," says San Francisco Dealer Stephen Wirtz. "Then I'd have to convince them it was an art worth spending money on. Now they say, 'Oh, dear. This is obviously art. Why didn't I do something about it earlier?' " Five years ago there were perhaps a dozen galleries in the U.S. selling photography; now there are at least...
...When a company in Geneva says, 'We've stopped free samples,' what do they know about what's going on in the countries where they sell their product?" Wirtz asked...
...Wirtz said the formula is too expensive and too vulnerable to contamination from bacteria-infested water supplies to benefit the Third World's poor...
...enforcing powers," Wirtz said. He said Nestle had agreed to the proposals of four previous WHO conferences yet continued advertising and distribution of free samples...