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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Intimation. Ike had rarely seemed healthier or happier. In white jacket and black tie, he arrived at the Sheraton-Park shortly after 7 p.m., grinned and handshook his way through a reception, sipping at a Scotch-on-the-rocks, then at part of another. His color was ruddy, perhaps higher than usual around the cheekbones. For dinner he skipped the thick soup on the regular menu, had instead a cup of clear consommé, which came more in line with his diet of 1,800 calories a day. He ate a small piece of filet mignon (without the himself displayed...
...chance to score with the Arabs, announced that his government would disown its words and vote to strike them from the resolution. Sir Pierson Dixon, after stiffly refusing to take out "five little words which are really a glimpse of the obvious," received new orders from "a higher authority," namely Sir Anthony Eden. At the next meeting the British and the U.S. yielded "in the interests of unanimity." Dropping the paragraph the Arabs objected to, the council voted a watered-down resolution calling on the secretary-general to keep using his good offices towards full compliance with the armistice agreements...
...again fell behind, but this time it could not keep up with buying orders as confident rallies rolled across the Big Board. At the final closing some 50% of the loss had been regained; Dow-Jones industrials wound up 7.70 points lower at 475.29, but still some 6.48 points higher than the low reached in the May market adjustment. The drop bore little resemblance to the Cardiac Break last September. Few big investors had sold; trading was largely by smaller shareholders. Even so, losses were only a fraction of September 26th's staggering 31 points, and trading volume...
...rate of $32.8 billion annually. Employment was still rising, hit a seasonal record of 65 million in May, while personal income soared to a peak of $317 billion, up $2 billion from March. Unemployment was steady at 2.6 million, unchanged from April. Department-store sales for May were 6% higher than last year, while overall sales for 1956 to date are 3% ahead...
...chewing-gum business. Noble plans other economies. For example, Beech-Nut, which started out making hickory-cured ham in Canajoharie, N.Y. 65 years ago, has had an increasingly tough job competing in food lines with such giants as General Foods, Standard Brands and H. J. Heinz, could branch into higher-profit products. Bubbled Noble last week: "This will be one last fling...