Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...York Times, acting on information from the Administration, headlined a story linking the two events. It quoted "Administration sources" as saying that Lyndon Johnson was "sputtering mad," intimated that the surplus sale-which presumably would weaken aluminum prices-was a reprisal against the industry for its price hike...
...JACK BENNY HOUR (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).* Durable Jack is host to Bob Hope and Hike Sommer in his first show of the season...
...roar on cue, his trainer jabbed him in the nose with a long pole. No luck. Director Robert Day then ordered a native crewman to sneak up from behind and prod Major's rump. The Brazilian blanched and declined-until he was given an on-the-spot salary hike. Later on, Major shifted from depressive to manic, escaped during a Rio zoo take, sent visitors scrambling for their lives as he rambled free...
...miles from Santa Fe, the nearest large city, has half a dozen modest bars but few other entertainment facilities. To amuse themselves, Los Alamos residents have formed a disproportionately large number of social clubs (which concentrate on such specialized activities as bird watching, chess and classical music), also hike, ride-200 families own horses-and read extensively. Says Unitarian Minister Robert Lehman: "It is a self-conscious model town where such sin as exists is pretty dreary...
...factors seemed to support the inflationary fears. U.S. plants were running at their busiest rate in ten years-90% to 91% of capacity-meaning that manufacturers were not only bringing in their least-efficient, highest-cost equipment but were encountering the kind of optimum demand that tempts them to hike prices. With unemployment down to an eight-year low of 4.5%, labor shortages were showing up in more and more key areas, and workers felt that they could demand plumper pay. Strikes broke out in several industries from coal mining to cookie making...