Word: periodic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...economies of North and South are complementary, not self-sufficient. In the colonial period, the North was the industrial area with "mineral resources, and the South was the agricultural region. According to Bernard Fall, "The division of Viet Nam in 1954 left deep scars in the economic field as well as in the political field...
That left matters still very much in the lap of Congress. Two weeks ago, the Senate passed a resolution under which Congress would order the machinists to return to their jobs with the five struck airlines for a 30-day period, after which the President could set up a mediation board and keep workers on the job for up to 150 days more. Cautioned by the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s Meany that they should not take action that they "would regret for the rest of their lives," and placed in the unenviable position of offending organized labor in an election...
...were shot down over the North-a new record week's loss, bringing to 335 the number of American craft downed by Ho Chi Minh's fire. Seven of last week's total were felled in one day, the most so far in any 24-hour period.* One reason for the mounting air casualties is new tactics by the Communists with their surface-to-air missiles. Prior to the Hanoi-Haiphong oil raids, the SAMs came up only one or two at a time. Now they are being released in volleys of six to eight, making them...
With all the Nadering about auto safety and the effects of tight money, overall sales and profits fell off during 1966 as compared with the same seven-month period last year. General Motors was the big loser, partly because it handled the safety squabble badly and partly because, with more models than anyone else, it had merely face-lifted, instead of restyling. Its January-July unit sales dropped from 2,829,527 to 2,610,696. This more than offset slight gains by Chrysler (up from 818,977 to 837,391, thanks mostly to its "intermediate"-sized Belvedere and Coronet...
...second quarter reports turned in by U.S. corporations, Zenith Radio Corp.'s is one of the most eye-popping. Earnings were up by an astronomic 85%, to $7,497,000, over the same period last year; sales rose by 60% to $146,816,000. Most of the rise was due to exploding demand for the company's color television sets; in fact, sales of Zenith's color TV receivers alone surpassed the corporation's total consolidated sales for the second quarter of only two years...