Word: northrup
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...leagues, that in his four years he had about cultivated a crop to contend with his mid-'70s Reds. The city and the organization had been waiting somewhat longer, having held on so stubbornly to the World Champion Tigers of 1968-Al Kaline, Norm Cash, Bill Freehan, Jim Northrup et al.-until that whole class expired practically in unison. A tendency to sentiment was understandable, though. In July of 1967, Detroit had hosted one of the biggest and bloodiest of the race riots: 43 people were killed. And the forecast in 1968 was for another heated summer...
...Washington Post (MGT is the third most powerful voter), the Gannett Newspapers. CBS, Time, and ABC. The bank also holds the leading percentages of voting stock in defense corporations such as United Technologies (where MGT holds the number-one voting position). General Dynamics (third position). Hughes and Northrup, and also makes major loans to Boeing, Lockheed, and Grumman...
...wrenching. In Melbourne, Iowa (pop. 500), a 100-year-old town halfway between Chicago and Omaha, the brick fronts on Main Street were dog-eared before the current recession. But the pervasive gloom is something new. "Our vital signs are not very good in this town," says Gary Northrup, vice president of Melbourne Savings Bank. "Melbourne's best days may be behind it. Farmers have no money to spend. When they hurt, the town dies a little...
Melbourne Savings has most of its assets loaned out to area farmers. Says Northrup: "A few farmers around here are on the edge. Next year, if things don't improve, I might have to tell five or ten that they ought to get out." This year, Northrup pressured his borrowers to sign up for the Government's unpaid land "set-aside" program. To reduce production and raise prices, 10% of each farmer's corn acreage was to be retired during 1982. Only a quarter of U.S. farmers participated; the effect on the crop was negligible...
...Nancy J. Northrup '81, a CUE member, said at the meeting students need the last half of reading period to absorb and synthesize course material, adding that natural science students are often overly burdened with hourlies and new topics right before exams begin...