Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...House Conference on Education. But Stevenson through the campaign and previous speeches has done much more to dramatize this problem to an inert American public. While Eisenhower of late has concentrated on keeping the issue quiet, Stevenson has envisioned new areas, such as pay for teachers and scholarships for higher education, where federal aid must supplement the threadbare finances of the states...
...manpower for such a force, he felt, could be supplied from volunteers. "The reenlistment rates both for draftees and for men who have enlisted before, have gone up in recent years," he pointed out. With higher pay and greater fringe benefits, he said, a sufficient force probably could be raised...
...points lost since August. The Dow-Jones industrial average closed at 482.39, 15 points above the low at the start of the week. The upswing was almost identical to the surge from a 53-point drop last May. Said Wall Street Broker Harold L. Bache: "I look for higher prices and increasing activity in the market...
...pleasure-domes-with-parking affecting downtown business? In many cities, say downtown merchants, sales are higher than ever. Despite some 15 major shopping centers around Houston, business-district sales last year were 7% above 1954 levels. Says the Detroit Retail Merchants Association's James Dallavo: "Suburban shopping centers have made downtown merchants better promoters and salesmen, with emphasis on wider assortment and price range." Most downtown store owners who open shopping-center branches say that they are thus able to attract new customers, most of whom inevitably visit the parent store. In the fight for the shopper...
SUPER-GRADE GASOLINES are going over far better than expected. Esso Standard Oil, Humble Oil, Continental Oil, Sun Oil and others who have introduced hopped-up (about 100 octane), more expensive (up to 3? more per gal.) gas for the new higher-compression auto engines, report that sales are running from 15% to 20% of total business v. expected level...