Word: says
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...think that their customers, who have been liquidating inventories ever since September 1956, may be getting down to empty warehouses. Anaconda Copper Chairman Roy H. Glover reports that inventories are down to the point where any substantial reversal in business trends will mean a sharp pickup for the industry. Says Glover, who notes that all customers now demand immediate delivery: "Many of our very important customers now freely say that their inventories are on the tailgates of our trucks...
...tired bull to his feet too soon. They fear the speedy return of inflation, since prices, which normally drop in a recession, have held up surprisingly. Though many retail prices and some wholesale items dropped, the level of the nation's basic commodities is unchanged. The reason, say businessmen, is the organized labor philosophy that good business or bad, wages-and thus prices-must go up every year. Therefore, steelmen refuse to cut prices, not only because they say it would not improve business, but also because they face an automatic 7% wage increase next July 1; Detroit refuses...
...from 52% to 50%. Government loss: $1 billion. ¶ Excise taxes, which have outlived their wartime purpose to discourage use of scarce material and transportation, are certain to be slashed. Likely targets: the manufacturers' auto excise tax, which adds $150-$200 to the cost of an auto (manufacturers say they will pass on the savings); the 3% freight transportation tax; the coal and oil transportation tax; retail taxes on such "luxury" items as leather, cosmetics. Government loss: $1 billion...
...happen to like. All this is mighty upsetting to Robert Taylor, the kid's big brother. "I wanted him straight," he sighs, "that's all. But he was rotten leather and he came apart." So in the end it's brother against brother, but as they say down Texas way, "Yew kin saddle the wind, but yew cain't ride it." Taking the bitter with the better, Saddle the Wind is a pretty good western. Rod Serling's script is intelligible, and Actor Taylor has acted in enough horse operas to appear at ease...
...Kissel, "a giant for strength and size" but such a mute dumbbell that when he manages to say "pass the bacon," he gives an impression of pithy wisdom. First-rate with rifle or ax; has been known to throw a bully 30 ft. without having him bounce...