Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...within seven years. The prospective 23rd Amendment would give the district three votes in the Electoral College-the number held by "the least populous states" (Alaska, Vermont, Delaware, Nevada, Wyoming and Hawaii). ¶ The House, under the hard eye of swarming lobbyists, launched a 7.5%, across-the-board pay hike for 1,600,000 civil service and postal employees. Cost: $746 million. Headed for a sure veto by Ike, the election-year offering passed by a lopsided 377-40, swept through the Senate by another veto-proof landslide (62-17), over sharp complaints by Arizona Republican Barry Goldwater ("A purely...
...FARE HIKE was granted to twelve domestic and trunk lines. Increase effective July 1, will come in form of additional 2½% charge on each ticket plus $1 for each one-way ticket. New fares will raise revenues by about $84 million annually...
...FARE HIKE of about 5% is in the works for domestic carriers. New fares would boost airlines' rate of return on investments to 10.5%. Because of promised fare increase, Capital Airlines asked to withdraw its $13 million subsidy request, and CAB agreed not to investigate Capital...
Wall Streeters were counting on a big hike in defense spending, but when Washington took pains to refute this talk, investors had some sober second thoughts. They began to sell the defense stocks, turned their attention to such old favorites as leisure-time stock and such neglected issues as rails and oils. Total effect: the market advanced to 625.24 on the Dow-Jones industrial average, up 12.21 for the biggest one-week gain in six weeks...
...bump into his wife: Lady Hillary announced last week that she and a female friend will take a mountain stroll on their own this February, trek some 170 miles from Katmandu to Thyangboche over some rugged territory. Discussing her project as casually as if it were a Girl Scout hike, Louise Hillary said: "We intend to climb a ridge or two and have a look at the view...