Word: cancels
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...latent plot" to overthrow his government. Premier Diem abruptly relieved Hinh as chief of staff and ordered him to leave Saigon on the Air France plane next day for Paris on "six months' leave." Enclosed was a ticket. Defiantly, Hinh called the airline, told the clerk to cancel the reservation. To Diem he explained : "There is no one here to whom I could transfer my command...
...beer and wine may be toned down, even prohibited (as liquor ads already are). House Commerce Committee formally censured beer-drinking scenes as "not in good taste," suggested beer and wine industries cancel all TV advertising, called on broadcasters to report by Jan. 1 on what they have done to dry up drinking scenes...
HOLLAND is forging ahead with its postwar financial recovery, has just prepaid $52.5 million of a $195 million World Bank loan that is not due until 1970. The thrifty Dutch have thereby saved millions in interest, made it possible for the World Bank to cancel its plan to float a $100 million loan this fall...
...lost $8,925,800 in the same period, last week asked its workers to take a pay cut of about 15% from the average $2.37 hourly rate (v. $2.00 for the Big Three). Against the wishes of their leaders, U.A.W. rank-and-filers voted it down. Studebaker threatened to cancel its contract with the union in 60 days and close its South Bend factory unless they reconsidered...
Sentenced to 75 years, with parole eligibility in 25 years, were Lolita's henchmen: Rafael Cancel Miranda, 25, Andres Figueroa Cordero, 29, and Irving Flores Rodriguez, 28. They had also been convicted of a graver offense: assault with intent to kill...