Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...closed down) and retire about $20 million of its preferred stock to cut dividend charges. They were opposed by a group of directors including Frederick C. ("Buck") Dumaine, 51, boss of the New Haven railroad. But Dumaine had only five votes on his side. Last week, in a surprise coup, the Dumaine faction won control of the board and apparent victory over the management plan...
...strong but unsuccessful coup d'etat attempt again aroused the Young Republican Club as over a third of the members rose against the organization's proposed slate of new officers at the HYRC's election in Phillips Brooks House last night...
...that followed had the studied formality of an 18th-century tableau. Magloire informed the President that he could not fire on the people. The military men offered Lescot safe conduct to the airport and a ticket to Canada. Lescot, essentially a logical man, accepted. Thus ended a classic Haitian coup de langue-a "tongue revolution" in which rumors of discoatent, troubles or violence brewing in the capital bring on a spontaneous general strike and shake the regime down...
...army backs Magloire (Congress made him its commanding general), but might be helpless against a popular coup de langue. On the other hand, he has many strengths. Items: ¶ The price of coffee, Haiti's No. 1 cash crop, is up, as every U.S. housewife knows, and the 1954 crop is likely to be good. Despite price drops in sisal and sugar (production of which is almost back to where the French had it in 1791), exports plus imports should stay steady at the recent level of $80-$100 million yearly. Since most government revenue comes from import...
...pulled off a major coup by getting the $5,000,000 Lux Radio Theater and Lux Video Theater to switch over from CBS. Lux will make the change next August, plans to expand its TV show from a half-hour to a full-hour program...