Word: beef
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...passing of the Brooklyn Dodgers from the scene last weekend attracted little attention compared to the monstrous demise of the local beef trust. But there were a few grown men weeping on Sunday night, and some children were observed crying aloud around a radio set at about...
...Swiss chalet at New Paltz, N.Y., Oscar (Tschirky) of the Waldorf, semi-retired since 1943, ordered his 84th birthday dinner: boiled beef with boiled potatoes. Said he: "The average American still likes plain cooking...
...develops that the hospital harbors not only a fake doctor and a murderer, but also a cozy illegal traffic in narcotics. To square a beef by New York City authorities, Actor Conte announces in a foreword that the story never really happened. The movie itself then makes the point perfectly clear. Though it never rises above routine crime fiction, the film gains considerable interest simply from Bellevue and the city streets and the Manhattan skyline...
...investigate. It called leading U.S. packers and retailers to Washington last week to find out why the price of sirloin steak in July had risen from 88? a Ib. to $1.10, then dropped to 98?, then bounded up close to $1.10 again. During all this time, the price of beef on the hoof was virtually unchanged. The explanation, as everyone expected, was simple. The packers and retailers had jacked up prices when the Korean war touched off a burst of buying, then cut them when housewives balked at the increase. Explained Swift & Co. Vice President Paul C. Smith...
Most packers thought that meat prices would dip a bit this fall, when big quantities of beef and hogs start moving to market. Meat production is expected to increase 20% over this quarter in the heaviest cattle slaughter since 1944, and consumers should benefit by the big supplies on hand...