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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...even the parade to the post belonged to Silky, his red coat gleaming through the muggy afternoon, a red shadow roll across his nose and a red ribbon braided into his tail. And the cheers were still for Silky when the field ran away from him at the start. He fell back nearly 30 lengths, but this was the way it was supposed to be. No one was worried. There was even a special battery of television cameras trained on Silky. There was no room for him in the main lens, which focused so closely on the leaders that televiewers...
Strategy & Strikes. The ill wind has blown some good for the automakers. In labor relations, they have fewer problems than they had expected this year. At the start of negotiations for a new contract last month, Walter Reuther's United Auto Workers asked for a 35?-45?-an-hour wage package and tried a familiar whipsaw strategy to get it. The U.A.W. fired off contract termination notices to Ford and Chrysler but not to G.M., obviously hoped to force the two smaller companies to settle, then use the settlements to pressure G.M. into line. But when the industry formed...
...cars annually. Detroit doubts it. Nevertheless, the Big Three are taking a long, fresh look at the possibilities. General Motors already imports its Vaux-halls and Opels at the rate of 23,000 annually; Ford is deep in the market with 27,350 English Fords this year, will soon start importing the German Taunus at the rate of 8,600 a year. Despite all rumors, neither Ford nor G.M. nor Chrysler plans to produce a small car in the U.S.-at least right now. The market is still too small, must be at least 500,000 cars...
FROZEN BABY FOODS are on the way. Insiders report that General Foods plans to introduce line in test markets this summer, start mass sales by fall...
Crimson four-game winner Dave Brigham had a shaky start, as Penn scored three times in the first on a couple of walks and three base hits. He settled down nicely, however, and during the middle innings his teammates pushed him into a 5-4 lead, with captain Bob Cleary and Frank Saia collecting two hits apiece...