Word: chicago
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Seventeen-year-old Joseph E. Nelson by-passed college today, when he advanced directly from preparatory school to a University of Chicago graduate school...
...Proud Past. By the time he had bought the Stevens, Hilton was convinced that he also wanted the dignified old Palmer House, which was as dear to the hearts of Chicago's Gold Coast as the Plaza was to New Yorkers. To get it lock, stock and history, Hilton teamed up with Builder Henry Crown (TIME, Nov. 28) and signed the biggest check of his career-$7,500,000-as a down payment. For a total of $19,385,000 he picked up a hotel that had cost $25,800,000 to build on land worth...
Pain, Counterpane. In Chicago, Bedding Manufacturer Joseph P. Fanning attributed the boom in bed sales to the possibility that "people are going to bed to escape domestic and international complications...
Bargain. In Chicago, Zoologist Robert Bean announced that the price of an elephant, which was $4,000 last year, has gone down...
...Chicago Bears 52, Chicago Cardinals...