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...long, slow rebuilding process started by Admiral Ben Moreell in 1947 gathered momentum when Avery Comfort Adams, a supersalesman drafted from Pittsburgh Steel, took over in 1957. Shortly before his death, Adams retired last year; since then, Jones & Laughlin has operated under two bosses working in tandem. President William Johnston Stephens, 57, an outgoing salesman type like Adams, runs the day-to-day operations. Chairman Charles Milton Beeghly, 55, who was president under Adams, manages money matters. Though a wizard at trimming costs, he says: "The steel industry is a sinkhole for money. To forge ahead...
...Year in 1962, is looking forward to a successful season. Five of the six top scorers of last year's ECAC champions return this year. Only leading scorer Tim Taylor has graduated. But prospects are not so bright defensively. The Crimson will miss All-American defenseman Dave Johnston, as well as defenseman Harry Howell and goalie Godfrey Wood, both all-Ivy last year...
...Johnston, S.C. Yarborough, Texas...
...members of the U.S. Senate fell into line for ratification of the nuclear test ban treaty-Illinois Democrat Paul Douglas, North Carolina Democrats Everett Jordan and Sam Ervin, Nevada Democrat Alan Bible, Iowa Republican Jack Miller, Colorado Republican Peter Dominick, Nebraska Republican Roman Hruska and South Carolina Democrat Olin Johnston...
Died. Eric Allen Johnston, 66, dynamic apostle of a "new capitalism" as the four-time (1942-46) president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, savvy adviser and special envoy (to Latin America, Russia, the Middle East) for three U.S. Presidents, since 1945 Hollywood's unflagging champion as head of the Motion Picture Association; following a stroke; in Washington. A handsome, athletic extravert, Johnston began as a Spokane vacuum-cleaner salesman, became the Northwest's biggest independent appliance distributor. As movie watchdog, he led the campaign to blacklist movie Communists, coped with foreign competition by quietly liberalizing production codes...