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...Lincoln, Neb., Governor Dwight Griswold began reckoning the cost of his bet with 27 other Governors that Nebraska would sell a bigger percentage of bonds. The payoff: a corn-fed hog to each. His problem: how to get around an OPA regulation that he must pay full ration points (about 810 red points-a 50-week supply) for each & every...
Defeat at Gettysburg. In Gettysburg, Pa., Fannie Rager tried & tried to fill out a ration-application blank, finally hanged herself...
Bill Armstrong is in the fighting first, Harry Browne in the scintillating second, your correspondent (blush blush) in the thundering third. All four of us went to high school together, and all but Mr. Browne were spending our ration points in South Bend B.H. (before Harvard...
...basis of this public declaration it is easy for even the most biased to so that it is a meek admission to the fact that Tufts has more relative importance. For the more fact that Tufts rates the most red ration coupons is a sure indication that one of the world's most just organizations, the United States Government, recognizes Tufts' indisputable predominance.--The Tufts Weekly...
...Ration-banking at any price is a nuisance to most banks. What they look forward to is the day when OPA's plans for ration tokens materialize. These red and blue glass or plastic change coins are expected to eliminate three-quarters of the coupon handling now required. OPA hopes to have its tokens in consumers' hands by year's end, to coincide with the use of ration book No. 4. If the tokens work out well (one big hitch is how to make things tough for counterfeiters), book No. 4, with nothing but multiple-point stamps...