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...broke its nose. Next, a thief slipped into the museum and made off with a 19th century Japanese scroll. Then an epidemic of "bronze disease" corrosion broke out twice among the priceless Buddhas. And what's worse, the roof leaked. All that was a bit much for Millionaire Builder Avery Brundage, 79, president of the international Olympic committee and one of the world's foremost collectors of Oriental art, who donated his $30 million hoard of treasures to the city of San Francisco for display in the M. H. de Young Museum. Having posted 20 letters complaining about...
...McDonnell win? For one thing, he and his associates already held more than 800,000 shares of Douglas -and "Mr. Mac" threatened to keep buying more until he controlled the company. Another reason was that McDonnell, as a proud old airplane builder himself, was more than ready to agree to Donald Douglas Sr.'s request that the family name remain on any new company. Less definite is the future of Donald Douglas Jr., 49, whose presidency was blamed by many for the company's financial woes. Chances are that he will be given a high-sounding title...
...builders have dismantled organizations, dispersed labor forces and dropped land options, the economic ripples have spread. The price of some suburban acreage has slowed its long climb. Construction unemployment rose to 9.3% last month. So far this year, housing has slumped 30% in Omaha, 39% in Albuquerque, 40% in Philadelphia and El Paso, 51% in Los Angeles, 58% in Reno. Builder Dean Hunziker of Ames, Iowa, has cut his production from 100 to 72 homes a year, laid off half his work force. Houston Builder Conrad Harness, who planned to put up 100 apartments and 100 homes this year...
Being the world's leading builder of commercial jet aircraft, the Boeing Co. rings up sales records as routinely as it rolls new planes off its assembly lines...
...line aircraft builder, famed for its World War II P-61 Black Widow fighters and the F89 Scorpion all-weather jets, Northrop went through a severe slump in the late 1950s. To keep the company going, Northrop President Thomas V. Jones, 46, pushed the company into electronics and aerospace projects; Northrop now produces such diverse hardware as missile-tracking equipment, Gemini recovery systems and navigation gear for Polaris subs...