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...LAST ONE LEFT by John Mac-Donald. 369 pages. Doubleday...
Meeting in Douglas headquarters, both sides signed a "letter of intent" to keep the two companies as separate divisions under a new corporate umbrella to be known as McDonnell Douglas Corp. Not surprisingly, "Mr. Mac" will hold the umbrella. At 67, he will be chairman and chief executive officer of McDonnell Douglas, while current McDonnell President David S. Lewis, 49, will be his No. 2 man as well as Douglas' new chairman. Donald Douglas Sr., who had rebuffed McDonnell takeover moves in the past, will be "honorary chairman" of the merged company, keep an office as "founder-consultant...
...assassination is that of a man overwhelmed "While he had already succeeded to the office, he didn't realize it, and the slumped figure in the hospital bore little resemblance to the shrewd, assured President Johnson the country came to know." Kennedy's assistant press secretary Mac Kilduff, reported that on addressing Johnson as "Mr. President" for the first time, he "looked at me like I was Donald Duck." In the confusion Secret Service agents urged Johnson to take the J.F.K. presidential plane out of Dallas. It was L.B.J. who balked at the idea and flatly refused...
GAMBIT. Michael Caine and Shirley Mac-Laine are paired as a burglar and his accomplice in this nonchalant comedy about "the perfect crime." Set in Hong Kong and the Middle East, the plot is a series of twists and turns that culminates in five possible endings, all incredible but still...
...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...