Word: alcoa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...date, the Hitchcock shows have been adequately entertaining if not outstanding. But his grand manner and refreshing potshots at the sponsor have gained the program an impressive 29.5 Nielsen rating, a comfortable four points ahead of its NBC rival, the Goodyear-Alcoa program. For a rating that high, Sponsor Bristol-Myers is more than happy to put up with quips about its commercials...
...will put Henry J. Kaiser in second place in the industry, bumping Reynolds back to third spot. Kaiser will spend $280 million on two new plants, one at Ravenswood, W. Va., and another at Gramercy, La., boost capacity 50% to 654,000 tons annually, right behind No. 1 producer Alcoa...
...Alcoa Hour (Sun. 9 p.m., NBC). Teresa Wright in Undertow...
...week's drama had two near-successes: on the Alcoa Hour, Thunder in Washington tried to pack into 60 minutes the entire story of a businessman in government, from his hopeful arrival, through his first miscues, to his humiliation before a Senate investigating committee. Author David Davidson struck boldly through the tangled swamp known as Conflict of Interest, but not even yeoman work by Melvyn Douglas and Ed Begley could make the main issues clear. Climax! starred Michael Rennie in Man of Taste, a melodrama about an art dealer who had a method for improving the price...
...last year, while Bethlehem Steel, in second place, hit its peak with $122,689,308, well above the previous peak of $93,525,000, set in 1953. Other record-setters: Sylvania Electric Products, with $9,556,210, 55% over last year; American Can, with $28,932,161, up 18%; Alcoa, with $55.779.754, 71% over 1954; Vanadium Corp., with $42,516,191, up 59%; Libbey-Owens-Ford, with...