Word: miche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Saginaw, Mich., he told his audience that the Republican Party is the party of the rich and privileged, advocating a "restricted heaven-a heaven for members only." He conceded that taxes "are high, uncomfortably, dangerously high," but blamed them on defense spending, and declared that the country was more prosperous than ever. At the same time he vigorously attacked Eisenhower's assertion that much of this prosperity rested on defense spending...
Died. Frank Gerber, 79, cofouhder (with his son Dan) and former president of Gerber Products Co., baby foods; in Fremont, Mich. Father & son started the new industry (strained peas, prunes, carrots, spinach) in 1928 to provide an easier way of preparing vegetables for Gerber's grandchildren. They placed small ads in national magazines (six cans for $1), grossed $22,000 the first year, expect to gross about $54 million this year...
...Elmira, Mich...
...Arbor, Mich...
...Oldsmobile, with a snappy curved dashboard that made it a smash hit. The first automobile to be mass-produced in the U.S., it sold for $650 f.o.b. Lansing, Mich., is said to have inspired the song In My Merry Oldsmobile...