Word: record
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...report its vote last week in the Alaskan referendum on entering the Union. Kalskag's vote: 40 for statehood, none against. And by week's end, with votes still being counted across the 586,400-sq.-mi. territory, it was clear that most agreed with Kalskag; a record 50,000 voted 5 to 1 to become the 49th state. Next steps: after the general election, and after the final votes are certified. President Eisenhower will sign Alaska into statehood, with two U.S. Senators, one U.S. Representative, three votes in the electoral college...
...Democratic Senator Claude ("Red"') Pepper with some awe, if not affection. He bounced into the Senate in 1937, bounded from New Deal cause to New Deal cause, for a time became a glib apologist for Russia and a booster for left-winging Henry Wallace-and set an alltime record for getting himself photographed kissing his wife in public places. Defeated in 1950 by Democrat George Smathers,* Pepper repeatedly made comeback promises, and last week he was trying to keep them. His opponent: conservative Democratic Senator Spessard Holland...
...business was moving gradually ahead, so were prices. The Consumer Price Index inched up again last month for the 21st time in 23 months, stood at 123.9% of the 1947-49 average. While rising costs of transportation, medical services and food brought the index to a record high, food prices are now declining, which will show up in the index next month. The drop in food prices is expected to offset any rises that may come from fall-clothing and postage increases, thus keep the cost of living relatively stable in the months to come. Said Ewan Clague, commissioner...
FIRE LOSSES in U.S. are running more than 5% above last year's $1 billion record, are getting to be major problem for insurance companies. Property values and construction totals are both going up, which means heavier claims...
...problem is important because filters are largely responsible for the new boom in cigarettes. After a sharp dip in 1953-54, when medical tests indicating a cancer-cigarette link were widely publicized, sales have come back to hit a new record this year (see chart). Smokers worried about tar and nicotine pushed filters, with their "thousands of filter traps," to 38.5% of the market last year, will increase the percentage to 45% of a market that promises to top $5 billion...