Word: auguste
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Perfect Match. In Christchurch, New Zealand, Rugby Fan Ted Henderson ran an ad in the Star: "Urgent-refined gentleman wants to meet widow with two tickets, third test, Christchurch, August 29, view to matrimony. Kindly send photographs of tickets...
...TIME, Mar. 9) by a full 7.5 sec., established herself as the most promising U.S. freestyler in years. Even so, Chris is still far from her peak. A leggy 5 ft. 10 in., 141 lbs., she is still filling out, should be faster yet in the Rome Olympics next August against the great Australians. Beyond that, her future seems unlimited to her coach, George Haines. "If Chris can keep interested in swimming, she could hit fantastic marks by 1964," he says, then adds almost wistfully: "But she's a straight-A student, and she is already thinking of college...
...have been the air conditioners and the soft drinks-or maybe Hollywood was making better films; but movie business was never better than it was during August's humid midsummer heat. August's top ten moneymakers as reported by Variety: 1) North by Northwest (M-G-M), 2) Anatomy of a Murder (Columbia), 3) Hole in the Head (United Artists), 4) Porgy and Bess (Columbia), 5) South Seas Adventure (Cinerama), 6) The Nun's Story (Warner), 7) The Big Circus (Allied Artists), 8) Darby O'Gill and the Little People (Buena Vista), 9) Five Pennies (Paramount...
Manufacturers' inventories also reflected the steel strike. Although rising $100 million to $52.2 billion in July, the inventory increases were well below the $400 to $500 million monthly increases earlier this year. August inventory figures are expected to show a sharp decline because of the strike...
...buyers are also borrowing heavily to get the goods they need, boosted consumer credit by $2 billion in this year's first half to $46.7 billion. Much of it is financing new cars. August car sales, which usually slow down in anticipation of new models, ran faster than July's, probably topped 500,000. For the fourth quarter, automakers are scheduling production of 1,900,000 new cars, up 41% from last year. By next spring, they expect to be selling at an annual rate of 7,200,000, within a bumper's reach...