Word: ooo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...problems. Visiting the U.N., Nixon praised the U.N.'s handling of the Hungarian and Middle East crises as a "fine diplomatic achievement." As for Hungarian relief, said he, the U.S. and the U.N. "may have to raise their sights." Within 48 hours the White House added $4,000,-ooo to the $1,000,000 it has already contributed to the U.N. to help Austria meet the burdens imposed on it by the influx of some 130,000 Hungarian refugees. -j[¶ Prodded the Cairo government to show good faith by acting to restore Middle East stability. In conversation with...
...evidence to take Neff, Patman and Superior Oil to court. Last week U.S. District Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy read off the sentence: Lawyers Patman and Neff were fined $2,500 each, let off with one-year suspended sentences for failing to register as lobbyists; Superior Oil was fined $10,-ooo for aiding and abetting their failure...
Gibson Girls & Cowboys. Cowles Magazines, Inc. (Look) agreed to pay $1,000,-ooo for the magazine title Collier's and for Crowell-Collier's Reader's Service, a subscription company that sold Collier's and other magazines. Cowles also lent Crowell-Collier $1,000.000. In addition, Cowles agreed to assume responsibility for $11 million worth of unexpired Collier's subscriptions, said that former Collier's readers will have the choice of taking Look or "any one of several other magazines" or, if they insisted, cash refunds. Hearst's Good Housekeeping and McCall...
...next day, instead of the anticipated run on the bank, the town rallied around the bank and Uncle Bill. Depositors brought in more money than on almost any Saturday since the resort season ended; the busy, year-round Nevele Hotel & Country Club alone deposited $102,-ooo. A wooden booth went up in the town square with the placard: "We're behind you, Bill," and 3.000 residents lined up to sign a petition: "Ellenville is a finer place to live because of his unselfish leadership." Business leaders sent Rose a letter reaffirming the "unique regard we hold...
...products are for export only, some 80% of its trade is with the Soviet bloc. Russia alone takes 47% of her exports of machinery, electrical equipment and optical instruments, reportedly at cut-rate prices set by the Soviets. East Germans say their steel production is up to 2,000,-ooo tons, brown coal up to 200 million tons, electricity up to 29 billion kw-h for 1,955, all double the 1936 output and way ahead of the wartime peak in 1943. Western authorities tend to accept these statistics, admit that the industrious Germans have made remarkable progress since...