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Telesh, the powerful workhorse of the Cornell backfield, was the leading ground-gainer with 80 yards in 25 carries. Hatch, just up from the JV (for whom he scored five touchdowns in two games), surprisingly led the Crimson with 40 yards on 8 attempts...
...Last week Italy's big La Rinascente department-store chain jumped into the field, bought Rome's big Supermercato S.p.A. for a reported $750,000, and expects to gross $3,000,000 annually by offering customers 2,000 items at prices 15% below small stores. One big gainer from the new supermarkets: the Italian government, which levies a 26.85% annual tax on supermarket income v. only 14% charged smaller dealers. What is more, the supermarkets pay up, which cannot be said of many small-store owners who stanchly maintain a tax-dodging tradition...
...last week the visitors rolled up 337 yards on the ground in their opening win against Gettysburg. Junior Terhes again excelled, leading the team with 159 yards in total offense. Paired with him will be fullback Ken Twifford, who, though only a sophomore, was the Bisons leading ground gainer with 107 yards...
Unappeased, Iceland's representatives cut short the weekly meeting of the Icelandic-American Defense Council, and an Icelandic protest was handed to the State Department in Washington. With Iceland's elections scheduled for next month, the only gainer seems likely to be the U.S.-hating Communist Party, already third strongest in the land with i some 15% of the vote...
...gainer from the borrowing was Detroit, which has visions of the balmiest spring selling season in years. Ford's advance orders are so big that it will boost April production 20% to 140,000 Fords, biggest April since 1955. And despite labor troubles, Chrysler surprised everyone by announcing that it was "comfortably in the black" in the first quarter...