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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fifth, the Crimson got Johnson an insurance run. Bob Forbush walked and, like Boulris the inning before, managed to steal second. After Mouse Kasarjian flied out harmlessly Forbush was able to take third as Johnson rolled to the first baseman. George Harrington then brought the runner home with a timely single to right...
...bill got no support from unions or industry. Steelworkers Union Chief David McDonald opposed the bill because he felt it would have "a stifling effect on free collective bargaining." Freezing prices to halt inflation, said U.S. Steel Chairman Roger M. Blough, is "like trying to check the rising pressure in a steam boiler by plugging up the safety valve." The real cause of rising industrial prices since the war, charged Blough, is rising employment costs, which now "represent more than 75% of all costs." Furthermore, said Blough, the O'Mahoney bill would "diminish still further the profit incentive," could...
...Morgan-Guaranty Trust merger got final approval from Federal Reserve Board. New bank is fourth largest in U.S., has resources of more than $4 billion, capital funds of more than $500 million...
...Aviation Caravelle jet airliners, but so far major U.S. commercial lines have hesitated to buy. Their reasons are that Lear's record for quality control, service and stocking spare parts has fallen short of the ingenuity of his inventions. Said one major airline executive last week: "If he got his standards up, he could put everybody else out of business...
...gain over 1957) to better than $400,000. The backlog of firm orders was up to $77 million, biggest in the company's history, and a 10? dividend was declared, the third such quarterly dividend in a row. Last week Bill Lear was looking for more. He got ready to fly to Japan to line up Japanese engineering and manufacturing talent for production of a new private plane to cash in on the world market for private flying...