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...actual condition of the patient justify such pessimism? Despite a few soft spots, e.g., carloadings, machine tools, paperboard, the U.S. economy was still operating at peak rates. After the second-best January in history, February auto production is expected to run nearly 4% ahead of last year...
Maglie was sure and sharp. He gave up only five hits and two runs. But after the first few innings, Sal Maglie was just the second-best pitcher in the game. Towering (6 ft. 4 in., 220 Ibs.) Yankee Larsen was scarcely wasting a pitch. Only once, against Pee Wee Reese in the first inning, did he go to a full count on a batter. His sharp curves found the plate as if they had eyes. He needed no more than 97 pitches (71 of which were in the strike zone) to dispose of the absolute minimum of 27 Dodger...
...kept his hand on the throttle, not wishing to lose a single day. No one understood better the mission of his company and the stakes it played for in the constant race to make the U.S. supreme in the air. Said Rentschler: "There is no such thing as a second-best Air Force. There is the best-or nothing...
...million. Yet giant General Motors, with sales of $3 billion, almost equal to 1955's record, lost only 9% with net earnings of $283 million for the first quarter. Ford's net dropped 28% below last year to $73,700,000, but it was still the second-best first quarter in the company's history. ¶ In chemicals, Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. touched new high ground with first-quarter sales of $310 million, up 18%, and earnings of $36.2 million, up 28% over 1955. ¶ In steel, demand was still racing far ahead of supply. Operating...
...February 1955). Then sales picked up. In February's first ten days they were almost as high as during the same period last year. Last week Ward's Automotive Reports estimated that February sales would total more than 500,000, making it the second-best February in history...