Word: campaigns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...White House disclosed today that Truman, who has not been on friendly terms with President Eisenhower since the 1952 campaign, sent his regrets when invited to attend a stag dinner Wednesday night in honor of the former British Prime Minister. Truman confirmed the story...
DeGuglielmo said that his campaign has already brought him messages of congratulation and approval from many Cambridge citizens, especially parents. He also appears to have won some Council support for his drive, though other Councilors have expressed a desire to hear what pinball operators have to say in defense of the machines...
Business of Government. A new source of risk capital, Hodges knew, was needed to help Tarheels start new small enter prises of their own. He launched a privately financed Business Development Corp., personally headed a campaign that sold $1,000,000 worth of $10 shares (he bought $5,000 worth) for a kitty to back small business. Though B.D.C.'s fund represented only a small stick of capital, Hodges gave it leverage by signing up banks and loan associations to participate in B.D.C. risks. Run by a board of prominent citizens, B.D.C. took part in small loans totaling...
...President Lawrence Mack, 40, had shown a nice talent for handling complaints. A former general manager for big Stauffer Reducing Inc., he fought off a patent infringement suit by Stauffer after he set up Slenderella with a reducing table similar to Stauffer's. He also shook off a campaign by the Better Business Bureau against his "misleading advertising," which promised that size 20s would be squeezed down to size 14s. Mack promoted Slenderella with TV and radio spots, built up sales to more than $20 million in seven years, held business conferences on his 68-ft. yacht moored near...
Plans are underway for a general expansion of the paper. The 18-member staff will be reorganized into several departments, each with an editor and a substaff. During the summer, Miss Winer hopes to increase the group by recruiting talented students and incoming Freshmen through a letter campaign...