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...remember," said Fazio last week, "when people wouldn't have walked across the street to bowl. I'll bet a plugged nickel to a $5 bill that I can walk down any street in any town and somebody'll recognize me. Even the children are coming into the game...
...letter to the New York Times yesterday, Slichter criticized the Institute of Life Insurance for its following advertisement: "If each one of us will save only an extra nickel out of every dollar we earn, we will put a strong brake on inflation...
...late 1953 or early 1954, Elkins was seeking to expand his illegal operations (he was game for anything except that he "never took a nickel" from a madam) around Portland. He was referred to Seattle Gambler Tom Maloney as a man who could help him by reason of being "a very close friend of [Teamster Boss] Frank Brewster." Gambler Maloney, said Witness Elkins, looked upon the Teamsters as "God or something" and was fond of boasting that "we could eventually take over the whole state of Oregon if we had their backing." Elkins, Maloney and-although they had previously been...
...coal plus full repayment of the investment in 15 years, is expected to be about half the $3.32 a ton it now costs to ship coal to Cleveland by rail. Although the pipe is a possible competitor of the railroads, three of them-the Pennsylvania, New York Central and Nickel Plate-allowed the pipeline to cross their right of ways in return for an option to buy 45% of the pipeline-operating company's stock. If the pipeline proves trouble-free when full-scale operation starts April 7, the industry expects it to be widely copied and the market...
...closing time, Patrick Duran noisily demanded a refund, refused on principle to accept an offer of 10? in reparations from a policeman who showed up to make peace, responded to another law officer's comment ("For five cents I'll lock you up") by plunking down a nickel, was hauled off to the station...