Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Reed, Ballantine will face another sort of problem. In spite of the college's academic standing (among its former professors: Paul Douglas, Karl T. Compton), it still has more than the usual trouble raising money. Among the reasons: some local citizens, with no justification whatsoever, unfairly suspect its reputation for lively liberalism, and some still labor under the false suspicion that Communist John Reed founded it* and that its first president, William T. Foster, was really Communist William Z. In four years...
...Democratic Senator Pat McCarran and old Pat has been glaring right back. Two months ago their feud turned up in court. The Sun sued McCarran and 51 others, including the owners of Las Vegas' leading gambling houses, for $1,000,000. The charge: McCarran had persuaded the local gamblers to yank $8,000 a month in advertising from the paper after the Sun printed attacks against him. The gamblers denied the charge. Last week, in the first round of the court battle, Nevada Federal Judge Roger Foley turned in a decision...
...Reduction of local inflammation...
Second Car? Vespas have spread into 45 other countries, either through exports or local manufacturers licensed to make them. (The newest plant, in Spain, went into production this year.) Plenty of competitors have also sprung up in Italy. In fact, the cheaper Lambrettas made by the Innocenti Co. now outstrip the Vespa in sales. But this week Piaggio cut the Vespa's price in Italy to $240, enough to undersell the comparable Lambretta model. (Piaggio also is making railroad cars under license from Budd Co., aircraft engines, propellers, light planes...
...Trust. In Hitchin, England, William Newnham, 65, appeared in person to pay his income tax, then locked the local tax staff in their office "so they can't defraud anyone else...