Word: record
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first Schwann Catalog contained eleven record-company labels, 96 composers, 674 listings; the current issue contains 303 labels, 718 composers, 19,830 listings...
...thefinals of basketball's National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden, redheaded Sharpshooter Hank Stein sank six quick points in the overtime period, to lead the erratic Xavier University Musketeers (regular season record: 15 wins, 11 losses) to an upset victory over top-seeded Dayton University...
...area and plop into a ditch 201 ft. away. Goggle-eyed officials at the meet in Victorville, Calif, decided to credit the burly (6 ft. 5 in., 245 Ibs.) senior with a toss of only 198 ft. 10 in. But that was still enough to smash the 1953 world record of Minnesota's Fortune Gordien...
...daily) for the entire month, the lowest level in history. Although gasoline stocks topped those of 1957, heavy crude oil and heating-oil stocks were coming down to size. Last week Gulf Oil Corp., Phillips Petroleum Co., Texas Co., Tidewater Oil Co. and Shell Oil Co. all reported record sales-and often record profitssfor 1957. Almost without exception they expected a good year in 1958. Said Cities Service President Burl S. Watson: "We have our problems, but every company is forecasting still another increase in demand this year...
...Chicago stockyards last week Iowa Cattle Feeder Joe Dingman sold a twelve-ton load of 20 prime-fed Aberdeen Angus steers for $9,492.60. The price was a near-record 39? per lb., highest since 1952 and far more than the 27? per lb. that prime beef brought a year ago. Other beef prices climbed as much as 1½? per lb. last week, and the average-grade steer brought about 28? v. 21.7 the same week in 1957. This was good news for beef raisers, glum news for beefeaters. Each 1½ boost will bring almost a 2? rise...