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Boosted by two holidays, movie business boomed all through February. The month's top ten moneymakers, as reported by Variety: 1) Auntie Mame (Warner), 2) Some Came Running (M-G-M), 3) Separate Tables (United Artists), 4) Perfect Furlough (Universal), 5) Inn of the Sixth Happiness (20th Century-Fox), 6) South Seas Adventure (Cinerama), 7) South Pacific (Magna), 8) Gigi (M-G-M), 9) Rally Round the Flag, Boys! (20th Century-Fox), 10) Bell, Book and Candle (Columbia...
Last week Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass., one of the oldest and richest prep schools in the U.S. (market value of its endowment: $28 million), announced an ambitious plan for getting on with its business. The school needs $6,060,000, said West Point-educated Headmaster John M. Kemper, and of that amount some $1,000,000 has already been pledged. Biggest project in view is the construction of five dormitories for $2,620,000. Other goals: $1,150,000 for a science building and $850,000 for a creative arts center. Perhaps the most important objective...
...businessmen were solicited for funds, and chapters were formed in Atlanta and seven other Georgia cities. At last week's rally Editor Meyer left no doubt that HOPE's members prefer at least token integration to locked schools. "This will be called surrender," he said. "I'm not afraid of labels. Fighting for Georgia's schools is no surrender...
...which he had converted into an office. Moreover, his office was being run by his wife, and she was getting a secretarial salary of $4,424.16 a year from the U.S. "So what?" cried Congressman Harmon last week. "It's nobody's business." Added he: "I'm a fantastic guy. I could be your next President...
...move came as a surprise, because only one day earlier, Federal Reserve Board Member M. S. Szymczak told a Washington audience that the Fed might have followed a tougher money policy were it not for the 4,700,000 U.S. workers still unemployed. His remark was interpreted to rule out any quick discount hike, and the bond market spurted up on the strength of it; after the announcement, the market slipped back again...