Word: payments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...peasants. In each hamlet, the assembled farmers were told that they were being moved to a nearby strategic village called Ben Tuong, to be equipped with a school, clinic, market, deep wells, and a defense force of soldiers. They were promised a down payment of $25 and a free daily ration of rice and dried fish to tide them over the first three months...
...swung to the Amex's stern older brother, the New York Stock Exchange. After three weeks of deliberation, a federal grand jury indicted J. (for James) Truman Bidwell, 58, chairman of the board of governors of the Exchange, on the charge that he had "willfully and knowingly" evaded payment of $55,808.83 in income taxes for 1956-57. Within minutes of the announcement, Bidwell resigned his job (which carries little administrative power) in favor of Vice Chairman Henry M. Watts...
...Administration can perhaps persuade Great Britain and several other allies to pay their assessments, but such payment would be only a small step towards solving the present crisis. There are no ways to force recalcitrant members to contribute. Large offenders such as the Soviet Union or even France are out of reach; the with-holding of U.N. services such as the FAO from the smaller ones until they paid would be ineffective and unjust. Direct U.S. subsidy would not be advisable, leaving loans or a bond issue as the only viable alternatives...
...hard times forced him to lop off 30 subsidiaries and reduce his staff to 3,800. Says he: "I never felt so sad about anything in my life." The New Freedom. Once he could operate freely in a civilian economy, however, Matsushita was in his element. He pioneered easy-payment plans, became Japan's biggest advertiser (his ad budget last year: $18 million), flooded his dealers with sales aids. His domain swelled to 89 plants, employing 49,000 workers. From $17 million in 1951, Matsushita's sales made an astounding leap to $486 million last year...
...elderly, with ramps instead of stairs and sitdown showers instead of bathtubs. Rossmoor will have 6,750 apartments selling at prices from $10,350 to $12,100. Purchasers must be at least 52 and must pass a physical exam designed to eliminate everyone with a contagious disease. The down payments for apartments begin at $935, and monthly payments thereafter are $95 to $105. About $10 of each monthly payment together with $200 of the down payment will go into a medical fund to be administered by Blue Cross of Southern California. The medical fund will support ten resident doctors including...