Word: savers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President's most thumping defeat in the House came on his public-housing request, but the Speaker salvaged enough to deliver a face-saver for the Administration. As Charlie Halleck explained the trouble, he could not ask Michigan's Jesse Wolcott, the committee chairman involved, to sponsor a public-housing bill, because "Jesse spent years barnstorming around the country denouncing public housing. So did I, for that matter." When the bill came back from the Senate for the settling of differences between the two Houses, Speaker Martin moved in with a compromise formula. It was accepted and last...
...Child-Saver. A portable traffic light that can be set up in the center of the street and operated from the sidewalk has been developed by J. R. Vissing, a Jeffersonville, Ind. garageman. The 4-ft.-high, battery-powered light is primarily for school crossings...
...Wednesday, and Friday at 11: Dilletantes as well as concentrators should enjoy the History of England, history 142b, covering the period from 1815 to the present. A rarity in the history department, it coats and hare facts with an analytic approach, David E. Owen's suave wit makes the saver 11 lectures easy to digest...
...Roof Saver. To cut down losses such as occurred at General Motors Livonia plant fire (TIME, Aug. 24), Cleveland's Lexsuco, Inc. brought out a vinyl plastic roofing material, which will char, but not burn. The plastic replaces layers of felt, stuck together with asphalt, which separate the roof deck from its insulation. It was the melting asphalt that intensified the fire at Livonia when it fell into the flames. Cost is no higher than standard roof construction. First customer: Ford Motor Co., for an addition to its Cleveland engine plant...
...Face-Saver. In St. Jean La Joterie, France, missing for almost a month, Farmer François Marchand turned up well and cheerful at his home, told distressed relatives that he had been in the loft of his barn all the time: "I wanted to grow a beard in private...