Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Calmly waiting to make sure that the public reaction was good, the new Cabinet of Giuseppe Pella met to vote its "unanimous pleasure," and. to thundering cheers, Premier Pella announced the Cabinet's acceptance to the newly convened Italian Parliament. It was a big boost for Pella (see below). Still, he was careful to regard the offer as only a down payment on Italy's claims. "I can declare in the most formal way," said Pella to Parliament, "that acceptance of ... Zone A does not imply any abandonment of Italian claims on Zone...
...zinc mining are essential to U.S. defense, that in time of war foreign supplies might be cut off. But that is not a strong argument, since more than 75% of zinc and 50% of lead imports come from Canada and Mexico. In any case, the Tariff Commission can only boost the tariff by about a cent a Ib.; what the miners want is a sliding scale that would push tariffs up as prices fall, something that only Congress can enact...
...gasoline for your car-by the dollar's worth." With this slogan, Rochester's H. (for Henry) Dean Quinby Jr., 55, has sold $6,580,000 worth of stock to members of his "Quinby Plan." Last week Quinby's plan got the biggest boost in its 15-year history. Eastman Kodak Co. announced that it is setting up a voluntary payroll deduction system for its 52,000 employees to buy the company's common stock through the Quinby system...
...staffers last week settled their disagreements with the Seattle evening Times (circ. 214,377). Terms of the settlement: a wage increase of up to 7% per week ($2.50 to $7) and an increase in editorial maximums (to $109) and fringe benefits. The Newspaper Guild, which wanted a 7-8% boost, and the Times, which offered 3-5%, were never very far apart financially or even socially. Throughout the strike, picketing staffers chatted amiably with members of the Times management entering the plant, and even got together for a "poverty poker" session with a $2.50 limit. All talk of the strike...
...triple 1952's sales this year, Columbia Tobacco's du Maurier, now running 30% ahead of last year's showing, and Benson & Hedges' ("You're so smart to smoke...") Parliaments, oldest filter on the market, which, for the third consecutive year, expect to boost sales 40%. Darkest horse in the filter race is P. Lorillard's (Old Gold) Kent. Eased into the market in the last half of 1952, Kent, with a hefty ad budget, is going ahead so fast, says one Lorillard executive, that "it's ridiculous to even talk about percentage...