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...figures than the current presidents of Yale and Harvard. Harvard president Derek C. Bok's tall, lean and rugged build reflects his undergraduate days at Stanford where he played varsity basketball. In an interview shortly after assuming the presidency in 1971. Bok recalled sitting on the bench watching George Yardley temporarily set the all time scoring record for the Pacific Coast Conference. I did not play a starring role in college" he said, "but I was an enthusiastic participant...
INJURED. Aileen Quinn, 10, freckle-faced star of the movie Annie; with a broken left arm, after falling off her bicycle while riding around near home; in Yardley, Pa. Although released from the hospital after four days, she had to cancel a three-week promotional tour...
...James P. Flowers Yardley...
...Soft-soap, which is made by Minnetonka, Inc., a Minnesota toiletries manufacturer. Soft-soap sells for about $1.50 for a 10½-oz. bottle that is the equivalent of five bars of soap. Minnetonka currently has about half of the liquid soap market, with Jergens and Yardley its main competitors. The Minnesota company has invested $6 million to advertise its hand cleaner as "soap without the soapy mess." Says Vice President and General Manager Wallace Marx, formerly director of new products at Pillsbury: "People are tired of messy soap bars that just melt away, crack and break...
...went to the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer for its series on brown lung disease among textile workers. The New York Times won two awards, for John Crewdson's reporting on America's immigration problems and Dave Anderson's commentary on sports. The criticism prize went to Jonathan Yardley of the Washington Star for his book reviews. Shirley Christian of the Miami Herald won the international reporting award for her coverage of Central America...