Word: hikes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Justice William O. Douglas, who had 23 ribs cracked when his horse fell on him two years ago, had another horse kick him in the shin last year, arrived in New Delhi after a hike through the Himalayan mountains. The record this time: one toss from a frisky yak, two falls from a mule. Damage: a sprained wrist, an aching back...
...holiday rest, Britain's Prime Minister Clement Attlee arrived at a resort hotel in Jotunheimen, Norway, where 25 fellow countrymen on tour greeted him with a burst of song ("For he's a jolly good fellow"). Later, starting out on a mountain hike, the Prime Minister firmly refused to wear sunglasses. Said he to his wife: "It seems to me that the world looks too gloomy through them...
...increase, were opposed by the Office of Price Stabilization, which argued that any increase would be passed on to consumers. But ICC decided the railroads needed the money "to meet the needs of national defense." Now one of the railroads' big worries is whether the new hike will shift more freight to the growing trucking industry...
General Motors is the most startling example. Along with other automakers, it complained against auto prices being controlled on the basis of 1950 costs and production rate, arguing that even a slight cutback in auto output (plus the hike in taxes) would bring a much sharper cut in earnings. G.M. was right. Though total sales were actually up slightly over 1950 (to $3.9 billion), G.M.'s net fell 42% to $280 million, its margin of profit from 11% to 7%. The drop, explained Chairman Alfred Sloan, showed the effect of lower passenger car sales, higher taxes...
...four evenings a week, when the day's chores are done, they take off over the ridges to school. From Red Knob, five miles away, from Short Bark community, from Tellico Plains, where wild boar hunts are still held in the fall, they hike to the sloping green campus. In a classroom of the main college building, they sit in small groups, divided according to background and ability. Mrs. Frances Cope Murrell, the patient, even-tempered woman who does most of the teaching, moves from one group to another, coaching them through the rigors of long division, watching over...