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Cosmography, which Webster blithely defines as "a description of the world or the Universe," will be discussed by astronomer Harlow Shapley in Nat. Sci. 115. From the catalog the course sounds as though it is intended only for those who can manipulate Einstein's formulas with aplomb, but Professor Shapley claims "the only prerequisite is a persistent curiosity." It all happens in Room 18 of the geographical Institute...
...production, cut back on Lincolns. Hudson (58%), shut down for a model change, has "a couple of weeks' supply"; Nash (33%) has enough for a few weeks, but has been shut down by a supplier's strike; Kaiser (60%) has been closed since June. Said G.M. President Harlow Curtice after inspecting Livonia: "At this moment every facility ... is being concentrated on the extensive rebuilding job that faces us . . ." Curtice moved fast, this week took steps to lease 1,500,000 sq. ft. of idle Kaiser Motors Corp. space at Willow Run to set up an emergency transmission plant...
...automen's good profits and confidence in the future. A month ago Reuther wrote the top automakers complaining that auto output was too high and should be eased to avoid "mass layoffs" in the second half of the year. But last week G.M.'s President Harlow Curtice answered Reuther with an optimistic letter: "I do not share [your] pessimistic view .. . We expect that employment in our various plants will continue at approximately current levels throughout the . . . year...
...years to run, and the union had no legal means of forcing its reopening, G.M. agreed to do so on the union's plea that long-term contracts must be "living documents'' subject to revision in the light of changing economic conditions. Said G.M. President Harlow Curtice, who wants to keep the comparatively strike-free status G.M. enjoys in the auto industry: "[The agreement was] a practical solution to problems created by the Korean war with its resulting inflationary impact...
...rosy first-quarter earnings reports continued to pour out last week, the rosiest came from General Motors. President Harlow Curtice reported that arms orders and the biggest production of cars and trucks since 1950 had brought G.M. sales to $2.5 billion, an alltime high rate of $10 billion a year. The gross was up 42.6% from a year ago, and net profits were...