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...Washington and testified before the committee. Their amendment would have rendered H.R. 2725 useless for the prohibition of the airborne and mechanized operations. Also, the pictures that I used to document my evidence were taken by Gus Bundy, a local photographer, who went along on an actual roundup to obtain them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 17, 1959 | 8/17/1959 | See Source »

When each D.J. showed up, RCA Victor handed him $1,000,000 in "play money," but the scrip called for solid value. The D.J.s were supposed to increase their holdings by gambling and by making frequent trips to the company's "Hospitality Suite" where they could obtain liquid refreshments plus 5,000 "dollars" for every visit. On Memorial Day, in exchange for the play money, RCA Victor auctioned off a stereo set, a color TV set, 500 real dollars worth of clothes, a trip for two to Europe, and a Studebaker Lark to the highest bidders-and the bidders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISK JOCKEYS: The Big Payola | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

...Dana L. Farnsworth, director of the University Health Services, praised the decision to start working drawings. "We have been waiting 24 years to obtain adequate facilities for the University...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: Work on Health Center May Begin Within Year | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...years. I suppose it would be impossible for your committee to get a transcript of Dr. Bunche's testimony and the testimony of other people about Dr. Bunche in the Loyalty Board Hearings that occurred; but there is much other available testimony and much documentary evidence comparatively easy to obtain. Even if you and the nominating committee are unaware of the infiltration of left wing propaganda into our news media, press, and radio reports and editorial opinions unsupported by independent research, these should not be the sole basis for the award of any distinguished honor. The fact that the Daily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Roosevelt's Letter | 5/22/1959 | See Source »

...because her makers produce a compact, high-quality, inexpensive multiple-short-wave set; it sells well in a country where much of the listening is to foreign stations. Comparably priced U.S.-made sets bring in only nearby stations, have only a limited market. U.S. businessmen find it hard to obtain Government help in export financing when private capital is not available. John Lawrence, executive vice president of Dallas' Dresser Industries (oil drilling equipment), complains that while Washington is studying an export application, Italian and French competitors can close a sale. Government aid for them is almost automatic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN COMPETITION: Homemade Challenge in World Markets | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

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