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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only by the margin of a handful of votes in Multnomah County, Ore. (see below), which gave them, with the help of Wayne Morse, a 49-47 majority. Although 37 seats were on the block, there were only eight shifts from which the Democrats eked out a net gain of two Senators. Some of the changes (Nevada, Wyoming, Ohio) were a return to a status quo ante, i.e., before a temporary appointment by a governor to fill an unexpired term...
Four in Agreement. Last week to everyone's surprise, Soviet High Commissioner Georgi Pushkin suddenly proposed Von Neurath's "premature" release. The Russians obviously hoped thereby to gain a little favor with nationalistic Germany. "Tactical humanitarianism," snorted the Mannheimer Morgen, but the allies sent identical replies to the Soviets: "My government agrees...
...after election, brokers swarmed around the 18 trading posts of the New York Stock Exchange, their pockets stuffed with buy orders. As big blocks of stock changed hands, prices surged ahead throughout the list. U.S. Steel jumped 2⅜ to 58⅞; General Motors racked up a gain of 2½ to close at 92½. Such stocks as Bethlehem and Westinghouse, which had sold ex-dividend only the day before, made up the amount of the dividends and more...
Republicans did amazingly well in the Solid South. They held on to their only seat in North Carolina, retained two of their three places in Virginia, and upset Democrats in Texas and Florida. For the region as a whole, therefore, the G.O.P. showed a net gain of one seat...
Edward Streeter '14, president of the New York City Harvard Club, which in the past has been frequently criticized by recent undergraduates for membership difficulties, described "congeniality to the present members" as the principal qualification for applicants. He stated that most people wishing to gain admission to the New York group are admitted...