Word: fortnightlies
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Last fortnight, as the Momitas were on their way to Los Angeles to see their children, a speeding auto sideswiped them, killed Helen and sent Harry to the hospital with cuts, bruises and shock. As he lay there last week, "not caring whether I lived or died," Calipatria's Mayor Ed Rademacher marched in with a group of friends and quietly asked for the keys to the drugstore. "We're going to keep it running for you," he announced, "and a lot of people have volunteered to help." The druggist from neighboring Brawley called up to say that...
...fortnight ago when the Stockholm Church Meeting - 43 clergy, 57 lay members including 2 women - took a vote on the matter, the proposal was defeated by almost...
When he learned a fortnight ago that his university privileges were to be withdrawn, Halton, who holds doctorates in philosophy and civil law from Oxford, took to his pulpit to defend his stands. "It simply isn't polite to have convictions in academic circles today," he said, "sweet reasonableness and a curious kind of fuzzy sportsmanship have conditioned us to believe that truth necessarily lies in the middle. I shall continue to speak in defense of the central issues of Catholic doctrine and discipline, the central postulates of faith and reason in an academic context...
...repeat it now.'' One cogent reason was a stronger British trade surplus than expected, equivalent to $600 million in the year ended June 30, against previous official predictions of $350 million. Even at the risk of unemployment from the tightening of money by the Bank of England fortnight ago, said Thorneycroft, Britain will defend the proud pound. To add to her resources, she will draw down a $500 million credit from the U.S. Export-Import Bank, can also call on her $738.5 million stand-by credit from the Monetary Fund...
Texas & Wyoming. The Ohio well-and possibly a big new field-was the third brought in by Benedum companies in a month. Fortnight ago, near Gillette, Wyo., the three Benedum companies (Penn-Ohio Gas, Hiawatha Oil & Gas, Benedum-Trees Co), that hit in Ohio also brought in another promising oil pool on a 90,000-acre leasehold of virgin oil land, pumped an initial 350 bbl. daily and are now drilling a second well. Last week, in Brooks County, Texas, still another well came in for the same three outfits, this one capable of producing 30 million to 40 million...