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...little harder to talk to." White was right. Reuther's old political opponent, Steelworker President Dave MacDonald, was sure to push for a wage boost to equal the autoworkers' gains. In terms of cents per hour, union officials figured the pensions and benefits equaled about a dime-though many steelmen were now balking at any raise. In short, the steel negotiations, which opened on a note of optimism last month, were now clouded with uncertainty -and even the possibility of a strike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Old Hand at Work | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

...CRIMSON is now accepting orders for the fifth annual academic freedom supplement which will be ready about June 10. All those who would like the issue mailed to them should present their names, addresses, and a dime to cover costs, at the CRIMSON office, 14 Plympton St., by June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Orders for 'Freedom' Issue Taken at CRIMSON Office | 5/25/1953 | See Source »

...right type of man to go back to society." Told not to apply for parole again until 1965, Leopold, a Phi Beta Kappa who has studied 26 languages in prison, said he was "somewhat disappointed," but could "only accept the decision as gracefully as possible." Five & Dime Heiress Barbara Mutton and German Tennis Ace Baron Gottfried von Cramm, her "dearest friend for years" (notably since her 1951 divorce from her fourth husband, Prince Igor Troubetzkoy), were together again on the Riviera, giving weight to stories that their oft-rumored marriage was finally about to come off. Von Cramm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: The Hemisphere, may 25, 1953 | 5/25/1953 | See Source »

...when the Houston port commission's wrath fell on Fellrath, he protested that he had done no wrong. Actually, he said, he had received $140,899 for his labors - not $100,000. "Whether I did or didn't make any money makes no difference. I reported every dime I made to the Internal Revenue Bureau ... If someone wanted so many bushels of No. 2 wheat shipped out, it was my job to meet the minimum specifications and no more. I used Canadian wheat as filler [and] the Houston Merchants' Exchange checked that wheat every two weeks - checked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMODITIES: Life in a Grain Elevator | 5/25/1953 | See Source »

...local reporting, where time was not a factor and the "resourcefulness" of the reporter led to "constructive results," New York World-Telegram and Sun Reporter Edward J. Mowery, 47. Mowery's dogged work to free an ex-dime store clerk named Louis Hoffner, who had been unjustly sentenced to life imprisonment on a murder conviction, won Hoffner a complete pardon (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Pulitzer Prizes | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

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