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...stake in the war was the codfish-an ugly inhabitant of the North Atlantic that lingers lazily at the bottom of the ocean, spawns furiously and brings Iceland $59.3 million a year. Until June 1958, the schools of cod that lurked in the open sea more than four miles from Iceland's rocky coast were fair game for anyone. Every year British trawlers hovered off Iceland's coast outside the four-mile limit, scooping up enough cod to make up 50% of their distant-water catch...
...more cane and build a refinery to supply the sugar needs of the whole territory. After that he hopes to build a plant to dry fish caught in the Rio Madeira, sell them for 20? to 30? for 2.2 Ibs. in the Amazon basin to replace the imported dried codfish that sells for $1. Furthermore, the rubber and Brazil nut trees soon will begin bearing cash crops. Says Jungle Jim: "This is pioneering the way we did out West 100 years ago. It's the most exciting place on earth." With the success of his plantation assured, Choate...
...early label as accurate: "I'd just come out of my father's house at the time, and these were the things I knew." He meticulously served the parochial interests of his district-Boston's poorest-voting for housing, urban renewal, veterans' pensions, social security, codfish. For the larger issues, Kennedy had little time or interest. Much of his time was spent in pursuit of pretty girls and higher elective office, and his absenteeism was notorious (in six years in the Lower House, he missed more than a quarter of the 604 roll-call votes...
...amount of trade involved is tiny compared to the uproar. Only 300 Canadians live in Cuba, and Canada's exports to the island in 1959 amounted to less than 1% of its total exports-mainly newsprint, medicine, steel, copper tubing, codfish, malt and chemicals. Even this small export business had dropped: from $17.5 million in 1958 to $15.2 million in 1959, with 1960's first half showing a sharp dip to $4,800,000 v. $7,400,000 for the same period in 1959. Exports of newsprint fell from $2,600,000 to $999,000, salt codfish from...
This week, Long Island's Continental Industries will begin operation of an automatic cafeteria for investment bankers Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co., providing a menu of 55 dishes with three choices per day, e.g., roast turkey dinner (50?) and codfish cakes, peas and carrots (45?), to 600 employees...