Word: eastern
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...controlled Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd. to launch one of the biggest and riskiest construction projects ever undertaken in Canada. The company will begin building the world's longest gas pipeline, costing more than $350 million, to bring Alberta gas some 2,000 miles to industrial Eastern Canada. Trans-Canada must complete the first 574-mile leg to Winnipeg before next Dec. 31 and must repay the loan, with 5% interest, by next April. If it fails, the company will lose all its assets in government loan foreclosure...
Another factor in the riots which was generally played down by the Eastern press was the participation of non-student elements, particularly union workers. These are the people who feel most acutely the economic presence of the Negro. They are also the people who can compensate for more through the feelings of superiority which the Negro's subservient position permits them. Adept at strike tactics, these ardent white supremacists were more than a match for police, and of course, the University had no control over them whatsoever...
Kessler's best pitches are a slow ball and a slight curve, but control is his main strength. He was ninth in ERA among Eastern League pitchers this spring...
FREIGHT-CAR SHORTAGE will be eased by Federal Court decision against "slow freight" merchandizing by lumber companies. Upholding ICC, court ruled it illegal for shippers to send lumber to Eastern markets by roundabout routes while still negotiating sales with prospective buyers, thus using freight cars as rolling warehouses...
MIDWEST INVASION will be started by Standard Oil Co. (N.J.), first time world's biggest oil company has moved outside Eastern marketing area since an abortive attempt in the 1930s. First step will be purchase through stock exchange of Wisconsin's independent Pate Oil Co., operators of 140 filling stations in Milwaukee area with annual business of $12 million. Gas will not be sold under Esso label...