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...Frances Cunningham entered MacNeal Memorial Hospital in Berwyn, Ill., for treatment of anemia in 1960. During her stay, she received several pints of blood, and when she came down with a severe case of serum hepatitis a few months later, she sued the hospital...
Culligan's appointment was greeted with general good will. The New York Herald Tribune wished him luck in an editorial, and the Associated Press called him "dynamic and picturesque." Said his predecessor, ex-President Robert E. MacNeal: "Don't worry about me, worry about my company." But Culligan was not about to worry. His long-term $120,000-a- year contract is rich with fringe benefits and he pronounces himself ready to work for every penny. "One of the legendary things they say about me is this capacity for work I have," he said. "If I work...
...When its financial plight began to force the company's hand last year, MacNeal performed a series of rejuvenating operations on the Saturday Evening Post. Nothing worked. Instead of growing better, Curtis' financial condition worsened; advertisers had lost confidence. An anthology of rumors leaked out of Curtis' Independence Square headquarters. The most persistent: a major interest in the company would soon be bought by the Manhattan book publishers Doubleday & Co., which, along with the bankers, would then be in control...
...MacNeal's dismissal temporarily stalled any major deal until Curtis finds a new president. Last week the company was conducting a public search to fill the job, at a lower salary. Most likely candidate was Adman Matthew Culligan, 44, a director of Interpublic, Inc., the parent company of the McCann-Erickson advertising agency...
Sources close to the company say the directors' present hope is that MacNeal's removal will persuade advertisers that Curtis intends to "face its financial problems squarely...