Word: swinging
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson swimming team will swing into New Jersey today on the second half of its two-meet road show with little energy lost in a 71-15 meeting with Penn. The Tigers are expected to offer more resistance, but not enough to spoil the varsity's undefeated season...
...Army has a 13-foot pole vaulter. John deKiewiet would win the high jump, while in the shot and weight, the Cadets are not that far ahead of the Crimson's Jim Doty, John Du Moulin, and Pete Harpel. If they can pick up points, the meet could swing in Harvard's favor before the relays...
Though he has never bothered to own a TV set, Charlie Van Doren now has such influence on the viewing habits of others that he may swing a major victory in the war between the two big networks. Besides cutting down Jackie Gleason-a deed performed by Perry Como-NBC has long yearned to break two other major CBS strangleholds on the TV audience: Sunday night's Ed Sullivan Show and Monday night's I Love Lucy. Last week, when Charlie Van Doren appeared as a guest on the Steve Allen Show, it topped the Sullivan show...
FORD'S NEW EDSEL will swing into production about July 1, go on sale in September. Car will blanket entire medium-price field with 18 models, including two-and four-door sedans, hardtops, station wagons, convertibles. Like competitor Buick, Edsel will sell in four different price classes. Names of Edsel models, from lowest-priced to highest: Ranger, Pacer, Corsair, Citation...
Foot on the Pedal. Working seven days a week, against local skepticism so profound that for a long while grocers refused credit to his own family, Frank Rackley slowly amassed community support that helped swing a $1,000,000 Reconstruction Finance Corp. loan in 1950. With the loan for working capital, Rackley was in business. He became one of the youngest steel presidents in the industry. With heavy Korean-war orders to help, Jessop Steel netted $400,000 in 1951, $1,800,000 in 1952. Though earnings fell to $25,000 in 1954, Jessop came back handily through the rest...