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Demand for paperboard boxes is so strong that producers are amidst their third round in a year of price increases, averaging about 5%. International Harvester quietly raised prices on heavy-duty trucks by an average 2.7% two weeks ago. Last week Owens-Illinois, Inc. raised fall prices by 3% on 60% of its glass containers, which package such things as food, drugs, toiletries and soft drinks. Even the Government joined the trend, as the General Services Administration upped the sales price of stockpiled tin from...
When New York City last week declared Trinity Church a municipal landmark, it honored something more than an esthetically pleasing place of worship. A grimy, spire-topped Gothic church overshadowed by Wall Street skyscrapers, it is an island of pastoral calm amidst the marketplace. Its outdoor benches are often crowded with secretaries and sightseers, and its cemetery is a favorite lovers' rendezvous. More than that, though, Trinity Church is a powerful, still-active force in U.S. ecclesiastical history. It is the largest parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church, with 3,900 congregants. It is also the wealthiest, with...
...Temple University's "Encore Club" applauds TIME'S cover story, "The Command Generation" [July 29]. We "coeds over 21" applaud Temple for permitting us to toil amidst flaming youth-some of them our own offspring...
...second floor was being ripped away. At the Circus Tavern, pool players dove under tables, emerging safely minutes later from ten feet of debris. The legend of Burnett's Mound disappeared into the funnel. "I never did think it was true," said one tearful resident as he picked amidst the rubble of his home. "But I sure wanted...
...minute later Neubert upped the tally to 2-0, by scooping a loose ball amidst a pile of players into the Indian net. Harvard's all-out attack succeeded again when Ted Leary cut in front of the net and tucked the ball into the far corner to make the score...