Word: copperizing
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...Penny Stebbins, 34, of Branford, Conn., took special joy from the giant copper beech tree on the vacant lot next to her home. Majestically soaring 60 feet, the century-old tree had become a landmark for the area and a meeting place for lovers. A common boast around the neighborhood was that such trees live as long as 500 years. So when the lot's owners decided to build a house on the property and began cutting down the tree, Mrs. Stebbins launched a valiant holding action. Perhaps taking a hint from the premiere episode...
...consumer. The run on commodities, however, has hurt everybody. Investors seeking tangible value have speculated wildly in wheat, sugar, potatoes, copper and lumber, helping to set off a mad spiral in the prices of these and other basic raw materials. A Reuters index of 17 commodity prices has zoomed from 509 in the fall of 1971 to 1,422 in March (see chart page...
With the oil, chemical, paper, steel, aluminum and copper industries leading the way, U.S. industry now plans capital investments of $112.7 billion this year. That would mark a 13% jump over 1973 spending, which in turn was 12.8% higher than in 1972. There have been no back-to-back years with gains that large since 1965-66. And the Government's estimate is actually on the conservative side. A McGraw-Hill survey conducted mostly among larger companies last month resulted in a prediction that capital spending in 1974 will rise...
Died. Lewis Williams Douglas, 79, former Democratic Congressman from Arizona and Ambassador to Great Britain from 1947 to 1950, following a long illness; in Tucson, Ariz. Born in a frontier mining camp, Douglas went East to be educated and then worked briefly in his father's copper mine before entering politics. Douglas served in the House from 1928 until President Roosevelt appointed him Director of the Budget in 1933. After 18 months, Douglas resigned in protest against New Deal fiscal policies but continued to commute freely between a lucrative business career in New York and Arizona and Government service...
...stirring rendition of the "Copper Country National Anthem" by the Tech band brought the 500 inspired Husky fans to their feet just before the third period face-off and the Tech icemen responded by tying the game on a couple of slap shots in the third period...