Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cousy, driving for the goal, was fouled by Dick McGuire of Detroit as he attempted a twisting hook. He made both free throws, then popped in two more goals and a free throw for a 114-108 lead. The West was through...
Easier moneymen argued that the economy needed a lift. Unemployment was still rising (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), notably in Detroit. Auto sales were sliding, and Detroit last week rolled out 18% fewer cars than in the same week of 1957 (but 57% higher than the previous week in 1958). Automakers slashed first-quarter production schedules by 13% from the total projected a few weeks ago. In the slowdown more than 9% of Detroit's work force was idle. General Motors has laid off about 6,000; Chrysler last week passed out 4,000 pink slips and more were coming...
Sweepstakes. In Detroit, three thieves robbed a grocery of beer, wine and assorted meats, realized they would leave tracks in the snow, took a broom from a rack and carefully erased their footprints as they went, were caught anyway by police, who simply followed broom marks to the right door...
...Army signed a $51.8 million contract with Chrysler Corp., Detroit, covering $21.8 million in continuing procurement of the 200-mile-range Redstone missiles and $30 million for finishing the tooling up and ground support for the longer-range (1,500-mile) Jupiter missile...
November. Dean Bundy is declared an ineligible player, after quarter backing three-quarters of the Harvard-Princeton game. The entire game was discarded by officials when they discovered that Nathan Pusey (weighing 167) was at left half. Bundy refuses an offer from the Detroit Lions. The surprise of the season comes when Harvard upsets Yale 27-6 with the help of an all-new squad with an average weight of 247, Professor Nash denies that he grew them...