Word: sinclairs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...term with some shiny new brass around him. Almost before the letters were in, Ike passed the word that he has taken a shine to the brass he has. He personally persuaded a reluctant George Humphrey, 66, to remain at his desk as Secretary of the Treasury. Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks, 63, restive and weary, was talked into staying put. Even Special Assistant on Disarmament Harold Stassen, 49, who led the revolt against Richard Nixon's renomination, was allowed to keep his keys...
...oils: Shell at $30,702,649 dropped about half a million in net profits for the third quarter; Phillips Petroleum was 12% lower; Richfield Oil declined from $8,029,540 to $6,236,962; Atlantic Refining raised its net 92%, and Gulf and Sinclair also boosted profits during the quarter...
Early one evening last week, President Edward T. McCormick of the American Stock Exchange got a phone call from SEChairman Sinclair Armstrong in Washington : "Ted, I'm sending you a telegram to the effect that we are suspending trading in Great Sweet Grass Oils pursuant to section 19 (a) (4), and we are also suspending over-the-counter trading under section 15, rule X-15C2-2." Translated, this meant that in "the public interest," and to forestall "fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative acts or practices," Sweet Grass was suspended from trading for ten days. (Toronto continued to trade the stock...
...turned down by ODMobilizer Arthur S. Flemming, at least temporarily. Industry wants special tax write-offs on $1.5 billion steel expansion, but Flemming says no final decision will be made until Defense Department reviews its requirements, probably around end of year. However, Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey, Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks and Flemming himself are all anxious to end tax write-offs...
...OILFIELD has been discovered in Venezuela, some 500 miles east of the rich Maracaibo region. Sinclair Oil has brought in 14,211-ft. well in western Monagas state, about 50 miles in from coast...