Word: mid-august
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Devere P. Armstrong will replace Col. Trevor N. Dupuy as professor of Military Science and Tactics, the University and the Department of the Army concurrently announced. Armstrong, who will assume his duties here in mid-August, is now a professor at the Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Penn...
...mid-August, the greatest flood in the history of the northeastern U.S. took almost 100 lives in the state of Connecticut, and caused about $200 million worth of damage. Six hundred and sixty-eight homes were destroyed and 7,673 were damaged, at a cost of $27.2 million; 1,943 business establishments and 922 farms suffered losses of $136,400,000. Last month a second flood ravaged Connecticut, taking 17 lives and causing about $30 million worth of damage. Last week a 20-man Flood Recovery Committee recommended to Governor Abraham Ribicoff that the state's share...
...over the U.S., the economy pushed ahead. For the first time in four months, reported the Agriculture Department, farm prices ended a decline and edged upward, about 1% between mid-August and mid-September. Machine-tool makers boosted their estimate of orders to $800 million for this year, a full $100 million above earlier predictions and a whopping $240 million above orders for last year. With the auto industry beginning to hit a good production stride, the nation's steel production climbed to 96% of capacity, almost 26% over the same week in 1954. Sales of new cars were...
Gains on the Rails. The summer of prosperity meant that Americans could and did enjoy themselves. Resorts were packed with vacationers. At home they snapped up more airconditioners, bought more motorboats, spent more money fixing up homes and lawns and gardens. In mid-August the nation's department stores showed a 6% sales gain over the comparable week for 1954. In fact, spending was so free that a cloud of inflation loomed on the horizon. Farm equipment prices moved up (an average, 6% for Ford Motor Co., 7% for Caterpillar Tractor Co. and Deere & Co.); building materials, coal, work...
...Leavings. By mid-August, the only Frenchmen left in Paris are those frankly catering to the tourists. Hotspots on the Place Pigalle perform with sweaty, nude energy. The Casino de Paris turns away customers every evening, and at Maxim's the maitre d'hôtel, substituting for Albert (who has gone to Deauville), is hard put to find a latecomer a seat ("And will monsieur have champagne...