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Stevenson: "If an innocent and gullible Miss Minnesota feels aggrieved by these gay deceivers I will gladly be a witness in a breach-of-promise suit against the Republicans, because I was at Kasson that famous day. And I am happy to recall that I did not outbid or even try to match the Republican promises to the farmers." Then Stevenson made the statement that the farm-conscious Minnesotans wanted to hear. Said he: "We must return to the 90% supports which the Republicans thought so well of in 1952, until they decided it was time for a change-after...
...over 20,000; the research and development division alone has 2,000 topflight men against less than 100 seven years ago; one out of every ten scientists and engineers holds a Ph.D., one of every four a master's degree. With his talent monopoly, Hughes has repeatedly outbid some of the biggest U.S. firms for contracts, and been able to deliver. On the fire-control system, for example, the Air Force gave Hughes a year to develop the project from scratch; nine months later, an Air Force pilot flying a jet fitted with the prototype unit shot down...
...Question, the veteran Truth and Consequences last week moved to a new night and a new time (Fri. 8 p.m., NBC). M.C. Jack Bailey also decided that the only way to fight money is with money and this week will plunk down a $100,000 jackpot to outbid Question's $64,000. The gimmick: College Student Pat Morris, 19, after being hypnotized and told that she cannot leave her chair, will get the opportunity of picking up $100,000 from a table across the stage. If she can break the hypnosis and seize the money, it is all hers...
Rogers attributed the shortage to a lack of interest in the academic field. "Industry, the other professions, and even the Government and the armed forces now outbid teaching for the brilliant undergraduates," he said...
...crowds were still milling through the star-punctured house, and telegrams and phone calls were streaming into Sylacauga. Scientists begged the Hodges not to damage the meteorite. Lawyer Love, asking $5,000 for it, reported that agents of a Muncie, Ind. munitions manufacturer were flying to Sylacauga to outbid everyone else. The Smithsonian in Washington was interested too, but was not talking serious money. Mayor Howard declared that the meteorite would eventually come to rest in the State Museum of Natural History. Hewlett Hodges felt otherwise. "The mayor," he said, "had better wise up to things...