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...reason for the squeeze, complain businessmen, is that the cost of labor, materials and services has risen, while increased competition at home and abroad prevents rises in prices. Says Mark V. Keeler, vice president of International Harvester Co.: "We just can't increase prices as fast as costs." Adding to the burden is a buildup of inventories early this year that have not been absorbed as quickly as expected. The squeeze has put its greatest pressure on such volatile industries as steel (profits 29% below 1959's first half), aluminum, railroads, farm equipment and autos...
...Choreographer Balanchine, it was the fourth premiere in an amazing nine-week stretch. The first was Square Dance, a whimsical leap between cultures. To the chamber music of Corelli and Vivaldi and the cadenced commands of Square Dance Caller Elisha C. Keeler, dancers executed the disciplined, classic patterns that Balanchine has made a trademark. The mixture was unlikely, but when Keeler had twanged out his last call ("That is all; the dance is ended/ The music is finished; the caller's winded''), audiences cheered the blend of do-si-do and pas de deux...
...concerned that the U.S. is so much longer on technology than on culture. Last week Millionaire Pick announced that his old friend, the Rev. Alan Humrickhouse, 43, would take over the job of running the foundation. With the blessing of Minnesota's Episcopal Bishop Stephen E. Keeler, he will leave his rectorship of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in St. Paul and move out to Grand Junction, though he will stay on the rolls of the Minnesota clergy. His title: Assistant to the President of Pick Industries...
...prime), genial Outfielder Duffy batted a record .438 (for which he got a $12.50-a-month pay boost) while playing with the Boston Beaneaters (National League) in 1894, compiled a .330 lifetime average. His record withstood the assaults of such great hitters as Willie Keeler (.432 in 1897) and Rogers Hornsby (.424 in 1924), but Duffy modestly disclaimed any special knowledge of batting lore. "You just walk up there," he said...
...Orioles' American League franchise was switched to the New York Highlanders, now the Yankees. Among members of the old Orioles: John J. McGraw, Wee Willie Keeler, Wilbert Robinson, Hughey Jennings...