Word: capitols
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This week, the White House and leaders on Capitol Hill were moving to repair some of the damage done by the ceasefire talk. President Eisenhower sent to Congress a special message asking for a resolution to "clearly and publicly establish the authority of the President to use U.S. forces for the defense of Formosa and the Pescadores," and to show a wholehearted U.S. determination to that end. Commenting that this authority would cover "closely related localities," he singled out for special mention the island of Quemoy, only five miles off the Chinese mainland, which Chiang Kai-shek considers vital...
...special $32,000 hardwood dance floor installed in the Alabama Cattle Coliseum for his inaugural ball. Lazily, he waved to the crowd, called out his campaign catch phrase: "Hitch up them mules, boy, it ain't a goin' to rain." Speaking at the stately white capitol, he pawed absently at his cutaway, as though feeling for pockets. When the crowd roared, he drawled: "I forgot it was one of those longtail jobs. Just every four years is all I'm used to wearing it." South Carolina. With no parade, ball or fanfare, George Bell Timmerman...
...Capitol, identical resolutions were introduced in the House and Senate to authorize the White House to confer on five-star General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, 75 this week, the six-star honorary title of "General of the Armies of the United States." Only American so honored previously: John J. ("Black Jack") Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I* With nothing to lose, throneless, jobless ex-King Peter of Yugoslavia told some London newsmen that his ex-realm's Marshal Tito will be tossed out of power by 1975 (when Tito will be an oustable...
After three weeks of confusion, brought on when RCA Victor chopped its LP prices by about a third (TIME, Jan. 10), the record industry has settled into a recognizable pattern. Six important labels (Capitol, Columbia, Decca, London, Mercury, MGM) are meeting Victor's prices of $3.98 a 12-inch disk, with exceptions for complete operas and other particularly expensive performances. Angel, Westminster, Vox and Cook all claim special qualities for their recordings, are hewing to the original $5.95 price line. Others have agreed on a $4.98 "suggested" price. Manhattan's Sam Goody's, the major record discount...
BRITISH MUSIC INDUSTRY is moving into the U.S. market. Electrical & Musical Industries, Ltd., the RCA of Britain, has bought 52% control of Capitol Records, one of the U.S. big four (1954 sales: more than $17 million), from President Glenn Wallichs, Composer Johnny Mercer and the estate of Composer Buddy De Sylva...