Word: rails
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dissident elements in Bolivia-Socialists, Communists, Trotskyites, members of the pro-fascist Movement of National Revolution-dropped mutual hates to back the teachers. Rail, bank, factory and transport unions joined in to make it a general strike...
...choice (7-10) to win the second event of the triple crown. Young Jockey Willie Boland took Middleground (7-2) out toward the middle of the track where the footing is often better. Hill Prince, as usual, got off slowly, with Jockey Eddie Arcaro keeping him on the rail (in the race just before the Preakness he had found the track firm there...
Trouble on the Turn. On the first turn a big lumbering colt named Balkan slithered off to his right, carrying Middleground and C. V. Whitney's Mr. Trouble outside with him. That left a hole on the rail wide enough for a cavalry charge, and Eddie Arcaro, who had not planned to go to the front so early, gave Hill Prince the gun. By the time they straightened away on the backstretch, the Prince had the race in his pocket...
...builders* in 25 years. The $55 million bill (80% down payment) will be paid by the Equitable Life Assurance Society (see below), which will rent the cars to the Pennsy for 15 years, on a sliding scale running from $1.50 down to $1 a day. This is the fourth rail equipment purchase Equitable has arranged since President Thomas I. Parkinson launched its plan eight weeks ago (TIME, April 10) to 1) put its idle funds to work, and 2) furnish cash-short railroads with cars they badly need. The other deals: 1,300 cars for the Atlantic Coast Line...
...Jones industrial average climbed 4.34 points in the best week's rise in over a month. At week's end the average hit a lofty 222.41, highest level in more than 19 years. With the tracks cleared by the end of the railroad strike, the rail average also highballed: it rose 1.40 to 56.96, its best showing in 18 months. The utility average registered an 18-year high...