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...School alone of the four largest graduate schools yesterday foresaw a considerable dip in enrollment next year as a result of student losses to military service...
This period of hard times will last for at least ten year, Wriston predicted. it is due partly to the fact that partial mobilization may cut enrollment by 30 to 40 percent, than forcing schools to dip into capital to meet expenses. Wriston noted that institutions with large endowments will probably be able to get through this period without too much strain...
Most packers thought that meat prices would dip a bit this fall, when big quantities of beef and hogs start moving to market. Meat production is expected to increase 20% over this quarter in the heaviest cattle slaughter since 1944, and consumers should benefit by the big supplies on hand...
...slowly over Korea, the admiral stepped out on his bridge and squinted into the first light. Commander Charles Kinsella, air operations officer, announced, "Make ready to launch in ten minutes." Captain W. K. ("Puss") Goodney, the carrier's captain, responded with an order to make "fox at the dip"-meaning: raise the code flag for the letter "f" (red diamond on white base)-halfway...
Last week WBMS lost $700 and the owners had to dip into personal capital to meet the employees' payroll. And Monday the station was obliged by necessity to abandon all attempts at compromise between esthetic and economic considerations. Now it plays almost exclusively "disc jockey" music. Only 350 listeners called up to complain of the change, which means a total listening audience of 7,000 by management figuring. No advertisers have cancelled since Monday, and one of them, a television dealer, reported a 500 percent increase in business...