Word: lum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sales of passenger cars in 1954, said Chrysler Corp. President Lester Lum Colbert, will reach 5,000,000 "and perhaps several hundred thousand more." Said "Tex" Colbert: "The big overwhelming reason for optimism is that the whole economy is at the beginning of a great era of growth, not at the end . . . Economic progress, once it gets rolling, never finds a place to park and rest...
...felt he was my friend. But the unusual thing about it was that you picked a guy to do the job who read my strip. I've had people from other magazines come up to interview me and say: 'Now about that strip you do-Lum & Abner.' I gradually came to expect that O'Neil would do a fair-maybe even a complimentary-story on me. What I never expected was the really sparkling story that finally came...
...make an investment of this kind unless you have confidence," said Chrysler Corp.'s President Lester Lum Colbert. "Tex" Colbert referred to the money (an estimated $25 million) that he had spent on the 1953 Chrysler line, which was unwrapped last week. Restyled from bumper to bumper, the new eight-cylinder models are priced slightly below 1952, the six cylinders slightly above...
...bull market continued to edge up last week, investors kept a sharp eye on the form sheets of second-quarter earnings and hustled to place their money on the winners. Most sparkling performer was Chrysler Corp. President Lester Lum ("Tex") Colbert reported a 20% jump in net to $44 million in the first six months despite a 10% drop in sales (to $1.3 billion). Chrysler's good showing, said the company, resulted from auto-price increases big enough (15% in a year) to overcome higher taxes (up 220%), and higher unit costs caused by restricted auto output...
...more popularly well-known men in the group is McSpaden, who is now Sales Promotion Director for Palm Beach clothes. He retired from professional golf five years ago after winning some 40 championships. Another well-known figure is James H. Lum, who was Executive Director of the Clinton Laboratory in Oak Ridge from 1945 to '47, Before Oak Ridges he spent four years working in Australia; is now with the Monsonto Chemical Company...