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Dates: during 1950-1959
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WAPE radio is the best thing that ever happened to Jacksonville in the way of music and we couldn't be happier or more satisfied. We all love the "ape" and think he's the most. It's really a cool place; no stuffed shirts there telling you to go away, no sir; they invite you to come right in and look over the place. I think that's real swell. ANGELA ADAMS

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 14, 1959 | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

...knew there was something unsavory about the promotion," said Bill Rosensohn last week, seemingly as ingenuous as ever. Then the educated boy promoter frankly tacked on a thought that glittered revealingly with cold calculation: "But I never thought these things would be made public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Education of a Boy Promoter | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

...real issue. The council, they charged, is really worried about pictures that include criticism of the church. Such pictures have long been submitted as a matter of course for suggestions; today the industry is beginning to think twice about accepting such correction. Producers question the possibility of ever getting the council to spell out a clear opinion. Said one movieman: "The Protestants are not like the Catholics, or even the Jews, whom you can consult and get a fairly definite position. The Baptists disagree even among themselves, let alone with the Presbyterians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: Fire & Fall Back | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

While sending out bad news to the stockholders in recession year 1958, U.S. corporations voluntarily shouldered a heavier share than ever of the massive costs of U.S. higher education. In its biennial survey of 352 representative companies, the Council for Financial Aid to Education (chaired by Irving S. Olds, former board chairman of U.S. Steel) reported this week that last year's corporate gifts to colleges were up 23.5% from 1956. Unrestricted gifts, the educators' favorite type, led the list with 34% of the total, and even a few red-ink companies kicked in. But the council hopes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Recession Bonus | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

...year. Overall construction is moving 12% ahead of last year, at an annual rate of $55 billion; builders expect it to rise to at least $57 billion in 1960. Says Chairman Melvin H. Baker of Buffalo's National Gypsum Co. (1958 sales: $163 million): "Seldom if ever has an industry looked forward to such bright prospects as does the construction industry. Despite all the talk of overcapacity, the U.S. today is actually greatly underequipped to meet the long-range challenges of more people, better living standards and new production techniques...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: The Free Spenders | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

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