Books
Senior public figures whose deeds and decrees affect the lives of other citizens used to understand that entering the stream of history meant accepting a measure of distance from their historians.
July 12, 1992
SAM WALTON: The Inside Story of America’s Richest Man by Vance H. Trimble (E.P.
Dec. 30, 1990
Business
Sam Walton, a self-made multibillionaire who parlayed an Arkansas five-and-dime into the mega-merchandising empire of discount stores he called Wal-Mart, died Sunday.
April 6, 1992
Helen Robson Walton, the widow of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton who was known for her philanthropic efforts, died Thursday evening at her home in Bentonville, Ark., of what the company said was natural causes.
April 21, 2007
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April 7, 1992
“Scouring the Globe to Give Shoppers an $8.63 Polo Shirt” (Nov. 24) shows just how low the company has gone since Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton passed away.
Nov. 27, 2003
Wal-Mart Founder Is Hospitalized: Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has been admitted to a Little Rock, Ark., hospital for cancer treatment.
April 2, 1992
Sam Walton, founder of the Wal-Mart discount chain, has bone-marrow cancer.
Jan. 18, 1990
Brokerage Told to Pay Walton’s Nephew $9.69 Million: PaineWebber Inc. was ordered to pay $9.69 million by a three-member arbitration panel of the National Assn. of Securities Dealers for misleading the nephew of the late Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Jan. 9, 1993
Sam Walton, founder and chairman of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has relinquished the title of chief executive to his heir apparent, company President David Glass.
Feb. 2, 1988