Word: corpe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Relieved Sigh. Ike's letter expressing "profound regret" at Humphrey's resignation was heartfelt, for from their first meetings he and Humphrey had understood each other. The President was pleased that, before leaving Washington (probably to take over the board chairmanship of Pittsburgh's National Steel Corp., which he helped found in 1929), Humphrey will see the 1958 budget through Congress. But many an Eisenhower Republican breathed a sigh of relief when the White House announced, well in advance of the fact, that Humphrey's successor will be former Deputy Defense Secretary Robert B. Anderson...
...Department-store sales for the week ended May 25 slipped 1% behind the corresponding week in 1956. Yet according to the Federal Reserve, sales for the year to date were 2% better than last year. Predicted Chicago's Commercial Discount Corp., after a survey of 361 retailers: sales will wind up 1957 at least 6% higher than 1956's record...
...Construction contracts in April dropped 9% below the year-ago level, reported F. W. Dodge Corp., yet 1957's four-month total of $10.3 billion in new contracts is just about equal to 1956's alltime peak...
...Appliance sales, down sharply so far in 1957, are climbing out of the slump. Said Whirlpool-Seeger Corp.'s president, Elisha Gray II: "We interpret the general indices as showing much improvement for the last half of the year...
...meet the rapidly expanding demand for borax. U.S. Borax & Chemical Corp., the world's largest borax producer, last week began operating a huge new plant perched on the edge of the crater at Boron, Calif. It will process ore straight from the open-mine pit, thus cut transportation costs, eventually replace facilities elsewhere. U.S. Borax intends to boost production 30% through its $20 million expansion program at Boron, knows now that it will have no trouble selling all it can turn...