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The following changes were financial news last week:

W. Eugene McGregor, vice president of Harris, Forbes & Co. Inc. of Boston since 1916, became its president. Golfing, horse-riding Mr. McGregor began as a bond salesman, became associated with N. W. Harris & Co. in 1904, stayed with the organization. Recently he has been on the buying rather than selling end, also serves as a director of Boston's National Shawmut Bank, Chase Securities Corp., Associated Gas & Electric. He is Treasurer of Tufts College, President of Brookline Savings Bank.

John R. Macomber, whom Mr. McGregor succeeded, went into the chair- manship. Sportsman Macomber last week collected $125,000 fire insurance on Raceland, his home and track in Framingham Centre, Mass., announced he will rebuild. He is directly interested in the Boston Herald and Traveler.

Frederick Brant Rentschler, strenuous president of United Aircraft & Transport Corp., brother of National City Bank President Gordon Sohn Rentschler, became president of United's subsidiary Chance-Vought Corp., taking the place of the late designer-tycoon Chance Milton Vought.

Sidney James Weinberg, 39, 5-ft.-4-in. secretary and treasurer of Goldman Sachs Trading Corp., became a director of his 17th potent company when he was elected to the board of National Dairy Products Co. succeeding Waddill Catchings, member of the firm of Goldman Sachs & Co.

Viscount Rothermere (Harold Sidney Harmsworth), British news tycoon, & colleagues were elected to the Board of Canadian Power and Paper Corp. to represent the recently absorbed Rothermere company, Anglo-Canadian Pulp & Paper Mills, Ltd.

Added to the directorate of Chrysler Corp. (automobiles) last week was Matthew Scott Sloan, Manhattan utilities tycoon. The vacancy he filled was caused by the death of Nicholas Frederic Brady, Manhattan utilities tycoon.

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