Word: soon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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TIRE PRICE INCREASES for auto and truck tires are coming soon. Truck manufacturers have been notified of 3-5% price hikes, and passenger-car-tire increases are expected...
...midst of a legal snarl over royalties, Leff posed some big questions about Joe's future. He had planned the birth of a baby boy, Buddy Palooka, for the end of October. Soon afterward, Leff meant to have Joe retire from the ring as undefeated champion, plunge into youth work and life as a family man. Only when boxing-world conditions "took a turn for the better" did Leff intend to bring Joe's younger brother Steve along as the next heavyweight champion...
...officials have often wondered if the strong-armed kid from Brooklyn was worth the strain on their nerves. An architecture major at the University of Cincinnati, Koufax was signed as a $14,000 bonus baby at 19. In his second start, he struck out 14 Cincinnati Reds. But he soon developed streaks of harrowing wildness, last year led the league in wild pitches with 17 (but hit only one batter). Explains one Dodger coach: "When Koufax is wild, the ball not only is not near the plate-it's not near the batter...
...budget industrial musical is nothing new. Chevrolet pioneered the idea nearly three decades ago, was soon followed by the rest of the industry-plus Coca-Cola, Westinghouse, General Electric, and dozens of other big firms that knew a good idea when they saw one. Seldom was the approach consistent: some companies concentrated on the soft sell, others pitched high and hard. Last season's Oldsmobile take-off on Broadway's Good News was the gentlest of kisses-and entertaining theater to boot. The songs were subtle, the plot made humorous sense, the verve of the Broadway original...
...Weston is engaged to Marigold Wade, a rancher's daughter. But Marigold keeps putting off the wedding so she can continue a flirtation with her father's foreman, handsome Kurd Blanding. Along from Idaho comes Marigold's cousin, a young lovely named Lark Burrell, and Stanley soon realizes that he is falling in love with...