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...fossils, including the bones of several other extinct creatures apparently killed and dragged into the cavern by the tiger: a mastodon, an ancient horse, a long-nosed piglike creature called a peccary and a prehistoric bison. In addition, they discovered four relatively recent human remains-probably Indians of the Woodland Period (1000 B.C.-1500 A.D.). Distinguished by the artificial slope of their foreheads, a cosmetic effect achieved by the binding of their skulls during childhood, the Indians lived in the area 2,000 years ago and apparently used the cavern as a burial site...
...Dunster House and Boston; Abby Sniderman of Mather House and Pittsburgh, Pa.; Jill E. Stein of Dudley House and Highland Park, III.; Ann F. Thomas of Currier House and Cherry Hill, N.J.; Sarah E. Thompson of North House and Lexington, Ky.; Helen R. Trilling of Quincy House and Woodland Hills, Calif.; and, Nancy E. Wilson of Leverett House and Coral Gables...
Cargill's semisecret operation is fairly typical of most big grain dealers. The company's headquarters, tucked away in a secluded suburban woodland, is a replica of a French chateau. From there, company officials supervise an empire that last year generated $3.2 billion in sales and $38 million in profits. Cargill has more than 12,000 employees in 350 offices, mammoth grain terminals and storage elevators around the world. To move its grain, the company owns one of the nation's largest fleets of towboats and river barges, and regularly rents a 115-car freight train...
...cracked radiator, the latest Datsun promotion offers a soothing change. It is a coolly understated print and broadcast campaign aimed at improving the environment and showing critics that automakers do care about ecology, as well as boosting sales. In one television commercial, Nature Photographer Ansel Adams strolls through a woodland scene, stresses the need to save the nation's forests and asks viewers to "Drive a Datsun, plant a tree...
Died. Bruce Cabot, 68, who saved Fay Wray from her simian captor in the 193 3 film classic King Kong; of lung cancer; in Woodland Hills, Calif. Though he alternated between playing heroes and heavies during the early part of his 40-year film career, Cabot eventually settled down to a routine of bad-guy supporting roles in shoot...