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There sat West Germany's roly-poly Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard being whipped with birch twigs when the phone rang...
...production in January moved up for the ninth straight month to 143% of the 1947-49 average, just four points below the all time peak of December 1956. Personal income was also up by $2.4 billion to a record $362.3 billion, and spurred buying. In mid-February, department stores rang up 8% more sales than last year...
Later, while the thieves were in the room, Wessels' telephone rang. Neumann went to answer it and surprised the youths, who then seized their loot and rushed past him, into a waiting car. They threw the records from the car window to avoid detection, but were soon picked up by Cambridge Patrolman David F. Cotter for "acting suspiciously...
...since been topped only by Second Baseman Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals, who hit .424 in 1924); in Daytona Beach, Fla. Playing for the Philadelphia Nationals, the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland, the Big Frenchman (6 ft. 1 in., 195 Ibs.) was an unmatchably graceful fielder, rang up a .339 lifetime batting average, was one of eight men in baseball history to connect for more than 3,000 hits...
...experienced observers had such clear eyes. Glowed the Chicago Tribune's Dubois, who could not overcome his Castro partisanship and his relief at the fall of the tyrant, Batista: "I have just had the first exclusive post-victory interview with Fidel Castro. His words rang with a tone of unmistakable sincerity, and were pronounced with the idealism that produced his outstanding leadership...