Word: fund
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Squash Fund Established...
...relief fund began in December as a result of the Hungarian revolts. On December ninth, an 18 member faculty group mailed letters to 2100 corporation appointees, asking for contributions to the American Friends Service Committee for refugee...
...goal was set for the fund, but the response was beyond most expectations. The Committee received 406 contributions, varying from 50 cents to 250 dollars. Martin states that "considering the lateness of our start and the existence of several other solicitations for the same purpose, I believe that we can be well satisfied by this response. Certainly the American Friends' Service Committee is very grateful for this unlooked for addition to its relief funds...
Only three weeks had passed since the University of Michigan announced that the Ford Motor Co. and the Ford Motor Company Fund had given it 210 acres, including the home of Henry Ford, and $6,500,000 to start a branch college at Dearborn (TIME, Dec. 24). Last week Arch Rival Michigan State University of East Lansing announced a windfall of its own-the 1,400-acre Oakland County estate belonging to the widow of Auto Tycoon John Dodge and her husband, Lumberman Alfred G. Wilson. In addition, the Wilsons were kicking in $2,000,000 to endow an M.S.U...
MIDEAST OIL expansion plans are being delayed by Western companies, worried that continued unrest will hurt their investments. Arabian American Oil Co. is cutting $10 million from its projected $80 million fund for construction and expansion this year, and other firms may follow suit. Because of Suez Canal closure and Saudi Arabian ban on exports to Britain and France, Aramco's daily flow is down to less than 700,000 bbls. v. more than 1,000,000 bbls. one year...