Word: coeds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...things did not change. In the midst of the proceedings, Good Government Leaguer Chapman got in a fist fight with Dawson, touched off an uproar that a pistol-packing state trooper had to break up. But when things had quieted down, the meeting brought unexpected results. Mayor Godfrey, Dawson & Co. agreed to traffic studies by the Georgia Highway Department, agreed as well to follow the department's recommendations about correct behavior for the Ludowici light...
...corruption. There are the phony commercials: the foam in the beer glass, which is often really soap suds; the home permanent on the pretty model, often the result of a two-hour session with a hairdresser. Last week, the FTC issued a complaint against Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Co. and General Motors, charging "camera trickery" on commercials, e.g., pictures were taken through open windows that were supposedly taken through clear plate glass. There is the blatant, organized sale of plugs, i.e., set under-the-counter fees for mentioning firms or products on the air (the field in which the devious...
Proposed Cures. On the whole, Kintner likes what he sees, has little patience with the various prescriptions that are being suggested to cure TV's ills. One proposal that Kintner & Co. disposed of convincingly is an industry-appointed TV "czar" with power to enforce balanced programing. "The concept," said Kintner last week, "is not workable for [television] any more than [for] the newspaper industry or the magazine industry." Kintner did not add the most plausible argument against the idea: the hard-lobbying broadcasters might hamstring a TV commissioner as easily as they have...
Detroit's auto industry, which started its 1960 model year with such a boom (see Autos), faces another two months of bust. Ford Motor Co., which makes 40% to 50% of its own steel, is in the best position, but it has only enough steel to last into early December at reduced production rates. Chrysler, already operating on a four-day week, will probably have to shut down completely by late November. American Motors expects to continue at its present high production rate. Studebaker-Packard also hopes to get by without any cutbacks. General Motors is just about shut...
FIRST TELEPHONE CABLES between continental U.S. and Puerto Rico are being laid under 1,250 miles of ocean, in joint project by American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and International Telephone & Telegraph Co., at cost of $17 million. Deepest cable in the world (five miles) will be ready for use in February 1960, replace current radio circuits and allow direct dialing for most calls...