Word: mail
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...true that Churchill had described Lord Rothermere, publisher of the Daily Mail, as "romping around in the gutter?" Replied Randolph: "That is rather good stuff. Lord Rothermere is very much ashamed about it, but he goes on doing it. He will not thank you for giving further publicity to it in this court...
...actual ticket under the windshield wiper of an out-of-state car, they merely take down the license plate number of a Massachusetts resident. The police then check with the Registry of Motor Vehicles to find out who owns the car, and send him his summons through the mail...
...SUBSIDY CUT will cost Pan American World Airways $9,800,000 annually, unless the company can change CAB's mind. After pegging Pan Am's total subsidy and mail pay at $24.1 million last year, CAB now thinks level is too high in view of airline's 9.6% return on its investment during fiscal 1956. Pending hearing, CAB has suspended all subsidy payments, will authorize only $14.4 million in actual service mail...
Died. William Edward Boeing, 74, rich man's son who took up flying for fun, decided after his seaplane cracked up that he could make a better one, made it (1916), prospered on war contracts, later built fighters and mail planes, quit the Boeing Airplane Co. in 1934, returned as an unofficial adviser during World War II, when the firm built the legendary Flying Fortresses (B-178) and Superforts (B-293), later saw Boeing develop the B-52 jet bomber; of a heart attack aboard his yacht; in Puget Sound...
...Cent Sole. The fast growth of the market has been nourished by new selling techniques. Columbia poured $1,000,000 into advertising its mail-order record club to attract a new group of buyers that now represents 15% to 20% of the LP market (TIME, Aug. 29, 1955). Other companies launched their own clubs, have about 1,500,000 members who will buy an expected $20 million through the mail. RCA, which originally shunned the club idea because its dealers feared the competition, announced instead this week a coupon plan to lure buyers into dealers' shops...