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Word: ledger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more than a year one small, daily newspaper on Boston's South Shore has used in its regular operations one of the most revolutionary innovations in the printing business in the past 75 years. The Quincy Patriot Ledger, with a circulation of 44,000, is the paper. The innovation is Photon--a process for setting type photographically, rather than through the use of any hot metal casting system...

Author: By Andrew W. Bingham, | Title: Photon: Printing Revolution | 2/10/1956 | See Source »

...present the Ledger has only two Photon machines, but it is so satisfied with their performance in composing the editorial page and some advertising lay-outs that it is already planning to replace all its conventional hot metal type-casting machines, generally known by the trade name of Linotype, with Photon machines...

Author: By Andrew W. Bingham, | Title: Photon: Printing Revolution | 2/10/1956 | See Source »

...Ledger is not the only organization which wants the new machine. Some 125 different groups, including the Crimson have obtained options for Photon, which was developed and manufactured in a small factory on Charles Street near Kenmore Square...

Author: By Andrew W. Bingham, | Title: Photon: Printing Revolution | 2/10/1956 | See Source »

...financed the further development of Photon by soliciting contributions from 200 to 300 firms in the graphic arts industry. Actual production of the machine started only about two years ago, and there are still only five machines in commercial operation, with four more ready for shipment to the Ledger next March. By next year, the manufacturers hope to have some 50 machines in operation in scattered points throughout the United States...

Author: By Andrew W. Bingham, | Title: Photon: Printing Revolution | 2/10/1956 | See Source »

...bright side of the budget ledger is the continuing rise in revenues. In August, when budget planners predicted a $1.7 billion deficit, the figures were based on Government income of $62.1 billion. But the forecast underestimated the growth of the U.S. business boom. The increase in personal income is expected to push personal income tax receipts from $32.8 billion to $33.2 billion. Furthermore, corporate profits are expected to run well over the estimate of $40.6 billion, may hit $43.5 billion by year's end. Additional tax revenue: $1.5 billion. Altogether, the Treasury's income from all sources...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE U.S. BUDGET: 1956.: The Administration Is Betting on the Black | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

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