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Before the Senate;s Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommitee last week went General Motors President Harlow H. Curtice to answer charges that G.M. had 1) become too big, 2) abused its dealers, e.g., it refused to give more than one-year franchises. Right off the bat Harlow Curtice announced that G.M. was offering to turn the one-year franchises of all its 17,000 dealers into five-year contracts. The announcement caught Subcommittee Chairman Joseph C. O'Mahoney by surprise, but he quickly broke into a pleased smile and congratulated Curtice for taking "the suggestion I made when you were...
...fight in a friendly way to defend Uruguayan interests." Thereupon, Batlle Berres and his wife took off for a twelve-day state visit to the U.S., at the special invitation of President Eisenhower. The itinerary was loaded with wreath-layings, state dinners, speeches and sightseeing. But President Batlle (pronounced Bat-zhay) Berres took his finance minister with him, and some serious talk on economic matters-perhaps even U.S. loans-was clearly expectable in Washington, Boston and Chicago...
...Hero Podres just resting his left hand in your Oct. 17 picture, or does he bat and write righthanded...
...Bat Mystery. On the night before the bird-crash on the Observation Terrace, two dead bats were picked up. How bats navigate over long distances is not known, but their sonar apparatus (high-frequency sound-wave ranging) generally keeps them clear of even small obstacles like twigs or wires. There are few records of bat-crashes in instrument-flying weather, but two years ago bats began to pile into the Empire State. Terres thinks that the cluster of television antennae on the building may have something to do with it. The power of the antennae has increased recently and broadcasting...
...Rhubarb sprouted again over the umpire's decision in the 1955 World Series opener when Brooklyn's Jackie Robinson was called safe on a steal of home. Infielder Frank Kellert, who was at bat for the Dodgers at the time and in the best position to see the play, belatedly declared that Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra had tagged Robinson out. Kellert's delayed announcement was made after the Dodgers traded him to the Chicago Cubs...