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...John F. Ward said that slides of a cross-section of lung tissue from the dead fetus revealed a "lack of uniformity" in the expansion of the air spaces, which he said was evidence of respiration of air by the fetus...
Although the combination of inflation and recession has been squeezing profits hard at a number of big chains -among them Sears, J.C. Penney, Montgomery Ward and Kresge-U.S. retailers as a whole are not in as bad shape as Grant's troubles might suggest. Kendrick, 61, a former Grant's floorman who took over as chairman last September, believes that the chain's slide can be reversed before too long. He plans to cut back to a "hard core" of 900 stores by 1977, slash capital spending by 90% in 1975, and return...
...American transport Otranto was too weak to abandon ship after colliding with another vessel during an Atlantic storm. It sank with a loss of 431 lives. Aboard the troop ship Leviathan, a young Assistant Secretary of the Navy named Franklin Roosevelt suddenly keeled over. From an overcrowded Chicago hospital ward a deathly feverish 16-year-old who had lied about his age to become a Red Cross ambulance driver was sent home to improve his chances for recovery. His name was Walt Disney...
...Montgomery Ward chain reported "surprisingly strong" sales during the last four days before Christmas. In New York City, an executive of Bloomingdale's says, "I never saw the aisles as packed as they were this year," and President George Baylis of Bonwit Teller thankfully notes "the compelling power of Christmas to get people out shopping. The flurry was only a few days long, but it did keep us ahead of last year." Jordan Marsh, Zayre Corp. and Filene's stores in Boston all enjoyed the eleventh-hour boom, as did Rich's in Atlanta, especially in small...
Lippmann left $50,000 to his secretary and another $50,000 to a former ward, as well as $10,000 to his stepdaughter. The amount of the administration fees was not disclosed; they would presumably include present legal fees as well as a provision for the annual costs of managing the estate...