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...complain that profit margins are not all that they should be, the flood of earnings clearly marked the end of the profit squeeze that U.S. industry has suffered for nearly a decade. Reason: already high consumer demand continued to grow strongly, while companies, aided by new computers, automation and sharper cost control, were able to hold down production costs. Says General Motors' Chairman Frederic Donner: "Rising industrial production, employment and consumer income engendered a high level of consumer and business confidence. 1963 was a good year for the economy, a fine year for the automobile industry and an excellent...
...packages that cigarettes are dangerous. Some cities took independent action; St. Louis decided to enforce an old law against smoking by minors, and Eastland, Texas, voted a dubious ban on selling or smoking cigarettes. Even more worrisome for tobaccomen is the long-range prospect that stronger Government reports and sharper public reactions can be expected later. Already three small U.S. life insurance companies have begun to offer policies with boosted benefits for persons who have sworn off smoking...
...graduate work long before they graduate. Last week Yale voted to speed the trend even more. By squeezing five years of work into four, some Yalemen will now be allowed to graduate with bachelors' and masters' degrees at the same time. Hoped-for eventual result: younger, sharper Ph.D.s...
...Negro "Freedom Day" protest last week was vastly bigger than most Chicagoans had predicted, and set the white-Negro school issue up in sharper terms than in any other big U.S. city. Yet Willis, having had the board plead for his return and having shown massive political support from whites, seems to be in a stronger position than ever...
Then suddenly, its beat was stopped; the silence could almost be felt; until, after a pause, it was broken again by the sharper, more compelling clamour of the "algetas" (panpipes) and "gangas" (small kettle drums controlled by squeezing the strings under the arm pit whilst being beaten) of the challengers...