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Dyke Benjamin's near-record 4:12.1 performance in the mile led the varsity track team to an 81 2/3-58 1/3 triumph over an undermanned Dartmouth squad yesterday at the Stadium. The Crimson took ten first places on its way to victory, and its final margin might have been considerably greater if coach Bill McCurdy had decided to run up the score...
...night, over the nation's great steel centers from Sparrow's Point to Fontana, the belching smoke and cherry glow of the furnaces made dramatic testimony to steel's comeback. The order books were filled for months ahead, and the mills were pouring at near-record rates. The figure last week: 86% of the industry's newly expanded capacity, 2,439,000 actual tons and a volume within hollering distance of the 2,525,000-ton alltime peak set in December 1956. As customers hurried to build up depleted inventories and hedge against the threat...
...recession, Canada's own underdevelopment was one of its biggest assets. Even giant projects get lost in the huge U.S. economy. In Canada's relatively small economy, the sheer momentum of big basic projects (TransCanada gas pipeline, St. Lawrence Seaway) kept payrolls and profits at near-record levels. Unlike the U.S. Government, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's Tory government found it feasible to finance antirecession measures. Tax cuts and increased social-welfare payments encouraged consumers to buy at record rates. A $350 million government mortgage-loan program pushed housing to an alltime peak (160,000 starts...
...market also proved that the new economy is so big and so diverse that many industries once considered the driving forces can slow down without bringing a traffic jam throughout business. The tobacco companies, the supermarket chains, drug and electronics companies all had record or near-record years despite recession. Investors reacted by driving P. Lorillard up 175% to 89 at the high; General Foods went from 50¼ to 79½ Federated Department Stores from 30⅛ to 54¾ Pfizer, Merck. Schering, and Carter Products posted 68% to 114% gains. One spectacular performer riding a recession boom: Zenith...
Sophomores Lake and Smith, in their first varsity contests, were singled out for special praise after the match, which the Crimson completed in near-record time, needing only 29 games, two over the limit, to overwhelm the struggling Cardinals...