Word: ben
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Damaged Credit. In gas-producing Texas (where some forewarned gasmen were ready with mimeographed statements criticizing the veto even before it was issued), Republican leaders despaired of delivering the state for a G.O.P. presidential candidate in the November elections. Attorney General John Ben Shepperd proclaimed that he would attempt to nullify the veto by preparing an interposition resolution of the sort being used against school desegregation...
...week, squads of workers swept the apron of Paris' Orly Field. They swept to such purpose that when his Super-Constellation taxied up that afternoon, His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco could step out in white pointed slippers on dry ground. Nothing was too good for Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef, the pro-Nationalist monarch who, a prisoner of the French in Madagascar exile seven months ago, now returned in triumph to open negotiations for Moroccan independence. Welcomed at the airport by Premier Guy Mollet and a platoon of ministers, the Sultan was borne off with his wives...
...first singles Ben Heckscher defeated sophomore Oliver Stafford 15-9, 6-15, 15-9, 15-12. In the second position Cal Place had difficulty handling the crushing service of Mike Wood, but managed to pull out a 15-11, 4-15, 18-14, 18-14 victory...
Oliver Stafford, the Williams number one man, lost to Ben Heckscher in the finals of the Collegiate Invitation Tournament last December in three close games and will be trying to end Heckscher's streak of eight straight intercollegiate match victories this year...
...rambunctious newcomer among Midwest railroaders is Chicago Lawyer Ben W. Heineman, 42. Less than two years ago, he won a proxy fight for control of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway, has since boosted earnings per share 14% to $2.35. He is also trying to outbid the Santa Fe and the Pennsylvania for little Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad, a main bypass around Chicago for transcontinental freight. Last week Heineman announced that he is after a much bigger prize: the long (7,870 miles) and longtime ailing Chicago & North Western Railway, which runs from Chicago to Lander...