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...Orval Faubus. "The people of Little Rock," he wrote a year ago, "will not allow a tiny, militant minority to take over Central High School and run it under mob rule." Gazette circulation dropped from 99,573 to 88,068, while the pro-Faubus Arkansas Democrat took up the slack. Ashmore refused to be bullied, and an attempted advertising boycott failed...
...distance (19 homers, 59 runs batted in). Catcher Bob Schmidt shows power (12 homers) and ability to handle pitchers. Third Baseman Jim Davenport is a fielding fiend, tightens the once porous infield. Slugging Outfielders Leon Wagner (.343) and Willie Kirkland (8 homers) are taking up the hitting slack for Mays, and Outfielder Felipe Alou provides sound insurance. The Giant veterans are performing well, too. Shortstop Daryl Spencer, always a flashy fielder, is hitting as he never hit before, has already matched his 1957 homer and RBI figures; Third Baseman Ray Jablonski made 40 hits count for 38 runs...
What it meant to the economy was that the moneyed U.S. farmer was fast becoming a pillar of strength, buying and consuming with rare power to pick up the slack from other social groups. To many a businessman, the strongest market of 1958 is the farm market-the equivalent of discovering a rich, import-hungry foreign country. In Bloomington, Ill. Sears, Roebuck reports that its trucks go out loaded with freezers, ranges and refrigerators; on R.D.S. routes freezer sales alone are running 50% ahead of last year. Nor are appliances the only things that farmers want. With cash...
Laurence O. Pratt '26, Publicity Director of the Program, attributed the slack in the contributions to the recent religious controversy, saying that it had done a certain amount of "disservice" to the drive. Pratt added, however, "It won't hurt any more, now that the issue is settled...
Only the Western lines felt relatively chipper. Their dependence on high-cost passenger traffic is far smaller, and many also operate profitable sidelines. Hard hit was Santa Fe, with a January-February drop in net from $8,900,000 to $3,700,000 because of slack freight traffic in petroleum products and durable goods. But Union Pacific's January-February railroad net slipped only 1%. Also in good shape was Southern Pacific. With rising income from pipelines and trucking affiliates, S.P. expects roughly the same earnings of $27.2 million in the first half of 1958 as in the same...