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comment on holding co plan; Morgan Guaranty's capital surplus main factor
US and Brazil study ways to permit USN to land passengers along Brazilian coast; Brazil reptd reluctant to permit ship to enter its waters with freedom to leave; Rear Adm Smith at Belem for reptd rendezvous with ship; Brazil grounds US search planes; map
A trend that could, in time, have a considerable impact on an important segment of its business is developing in the distilled spirits industry.
In 1876, H.E. Ficken, a member of the old New York Athletic Club, jumped higher than any human in captivity, with the possible exception of Watusi tribesmen in Africa, who unfortunately kept no records.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 -What does it cost to start a major league baseball club from scratch?
1961Strive Masiyiwa, Zimbabwean businessman and philanthropist[†]
Strive Masiyiwa is a London-based Zimbabwean billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of international technology groups Econet Global and Cassava Technologies.
1961Angela Thirkell, English novelist (born 1890)[†]
Angela Margaret Thirkell was an English and Australian novelist. She also published one novel, Trooper to Southern Cross, under the pseudonym Leslie Parker.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]