Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...asked for: in case a strike does not come off, the extra assessments will be refunded. Though there were optimists who believed that under cover of his distinctly inflationary profit-sharing plan Reuther would be able to bring home some more good old-fashioned inflationary pay raises. Detroit generally believed that, with the auto industry in trouble, a lot of U.A.W. members might have to hit the bricks first...
...honor was not lightly won; seldom have the pros played more brilliant basketball. For the West, little (5 ft. 10 in.) Slater Martin of St. Louis and aging (31) Dick McGuire of Detroit whistled the ball down the floor on the furious fast breaks that kept their team in the ball game. Basketball's Nijinsky, Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics, still slick and sly at the tree-ripened age of 29, broke the game wide open for the East in the last five minutes when he ran up seven straight points...
...year a broken arm kept him from topping Minneapolis' George Mikan's scoring record of 1,932 points. This year Bachelor Bob, 25, was again leading the league when he snapped a bone in his hand a month ago, has since slipped to a respectable third (behind Detroit's George Yardley and Syracuse's Dolph Schayes). For these deeds Pettit gets about $20,000 a year from the Hawks, and the devout admiration of St. Louis fans. If he stays in one piece, say the experts, Bob Pettit may turn out to be the greatest player...
...that demand for credit has fallen off considerably from the boom-time peaks, as industry has cut expansion and merchandisers have reduced inventories. Business loans at leading New York banks fell by $235 million last week; Chicago dipped $38 million, though both areas are still ahead of 1957. In Detroit, where layoffs have pushed unemployment to 12.4% of the labor force, bankers report that they have more money than business. Boston bankers say the same...
ELECTRONIC BRAIN to automate newspaper press runs has been developed by Radio Corp. of America. System records exact number of copies printed and automatically shuts down presses when desired run is complete, thus, says RCA, "virtually eliminates costly overruns or premature press shutdowns." First installation will be for Detroit News...