Word: billing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fine bill of health came at the right time, for piled at the door of the 69-year-old President were enough major problems to give a younger man the shakes. At the top of the heap was the steel strike, nearly four months old and blighting the general economy. Instead of reaching agreement under presidential and public pressure, as Ike had hoped, the industry and the United Steelworkers were digging in for a prolonged battle of principle (see The Economy). Digging in behind them were such major industries as copper, shipping, railroads and meat packing in what promised...
...capital's most accomplished collector of enemies, found a new one in his erstwhile chum, Wisconsin's Kennedy-leaning Senator William Proxmire. Invading Milwaukee for a speech, Morse lashed out at the "gutless wonders" and "phony liberals" who had voted for "the Kennedy-Landrum-Grifnn labor reform bill" (TIME, Sept. 14). Proxmire hit back: Morse's attack "indicates an unbalanced, arrogant extremism and speaks eloquently for the reform bill we passed." If Still in uphill pursuit of Vice President Richard Nixon for the Republican presidential nomination, New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller dropped by the White...
...Purdue (3-1-2)-settled for a 7-7 tie with a hopped-up Illinois team led by line-backing Guard Bill Burrell, who was in on an amazing 26 tackles...
...Crimson will be hampered by other injuries to key personnel. Center halfback Bill Rapp has a severe charley-horse, but he will probably start. Fullback Lanny Keyes' badly bruised instep should not keep him out of the contest, and John Mudd and Tadgh Sweeney--the first-line insides--may be bothered considerably by ankle ailments...
Even though Jed Fitzgerald and Jack Benjamin were out with injuries, the varsity gave what Coach Bill McCurdy called "a representative performance." Strong efforts by Mark Mullin, Ralph Perry, and Eddie Martin were the bright spots on an otherwise gloomy afternoon...