Word: mailings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Virginia Democrat Harry F. Byrd, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and longtime foe of budget deficits, pushed a bulging manila folder toward a visitor. "Now here are the letters about the tax cut from just one mail," said Byrd. "There are 60 of them there, and not one that...
...reducing fines for students who pay immediately in cash, James said he could not change Lamont's accounting system. The HCUA had criticized Lamont for adding fines to students' term bills without informing them first, but James replied that he did not have the staff to notify offenders by mail, as Widener now does...
Both Smith and Frazier have conducted vigorous campaigns during the past several weeks, visiting members in their rooms and soliciting their votes by mail. The candidates do not differ politically--both are liberals--so the contest has been fought on a more esoteric basis...
Backed by a "Diefenbaker, resign" editorial in the pro-Conservative Toronto Globe and Mail, Trade Minister George Hees led a second palace revolt. Going to Diefenbaker's Ottawa home, Hees asked him face to face to resign for the good of Canada and the party. Stung to tears, Diefenbaker refused, and set out to rally his strength. Loyal supporters whipped up the prairie-province backbench M.P.s, and there were cheers as Diefenbaker entered the House of Commons to answer no-confidence motions brought by the opposition Liberals of Lester B. Pearson and the funny-money Social Crediters...
...ranks of U.S. business thrives a shadow industry whose presence is largely ignored by businessmen and talked about only discreetly by its managers. The industry is forbidden by law to advertise to consumers in publications or by direct mail; its products are the center of perpetual controversy, and their sale is severely limited in at least two states. Yet they are bought by some 15 million Americans, who-though they seldom advertise their purchases-spend, according to one industry estimate, about $200 million a year for them. This evasive but popular business is the contraceptive industry-and it is growing...