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...state G.O.P. analysts gave heavy credit to women. In New York's big minority blocs, Ike picked up great chunks of the traditionally Democratic Irish Catholic vote, nicked considerably (contrary to political guessing) into the Jewish vote, took a good share of the Italian bloc, but could not dent the loyalty of Negroes to the Democrats. General Ike did unexpectedly well with...
With his Life Is Worth Living, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen last year proved that a religious TV show could put a dent even in Milton Berle's huge audience. Among the impressed observers was President Ross Siragusa of Admiral Corp., maker of radio and TV sets. Last week Siragusa announced that Admiral will sponsor Bishop Sheen this season on a coast-to-coast Du Mont TV network. Telecaster Sheen's fee for the season: nearly $1,000,000, to be paid to Mission Humanity, Inc. (Bishop Sheen is the national director), a voluntary agency of the United Nations...
Jordan has only two weeks in which to prepare for the Springfield game and the large amount of injuries have put a dent in the advancement of the team...
...prime postwar goal of the U.S. has been to get the rest of the free world off the backs of U.S. taxpayers and earning dollars again. Yet every time a foreign product begins to make a dent in the U.S. market, a familiar cry rises: raise tariffs. Two months ago, under heavy pressure from some U.S. watchmakers and their workers, the U.S. Tariff Commission joined the chorus. A majority reccommended that import duties on Swiss and other watches be jacked up as much...
...tobacco industry chain-smoking nervously. Chesterfield's maker, Liggett & Myers, had brought out the first king-size version of its top brand, identical except for size, in name, tobacco and package. What made the trade nervous was the fact that the big Chestie, without making any visible dent in the sales of its shorter brother, quickly ran up king-size sales in the test markets. Despite the 1?-a-pack higher price, dealers could scarcely keep up with demand...