Word: telegrapher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...briefings blazoned into worldwide headlines, U.S.. READY TO FIRE SATELLITE, said the New York Times, followed by U.S. DELAYS TEST OF SPACE ROCKET. The Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph proclaimed: MOON-MINUTES...
...rate cut, orders poured in to Wall Street from all over the U.S.. particularly from institutional investors, and the bond market had its biggest rally since World War II. Many bond dealers were completely cleaned out. Most notable was a slow-selling $250 million offering of American Telephone & Telegraph Co. When the Fed's news broke, less than half of the A.T. & T. issue had been sold; a half hour later, the issue was sold-and oversubscribed. Dozens of other slow-moving issues disappeared completely into investment portfolios during the bond market's hectic day. The rush...
From Honduras he returned to New London as a reporter for the Telegraph. He was twenty-three, and looking for something to do. Judge Fredrick Latimer, his boss, used to say of him: "If he could only be in one of two places in the town--the church or the jail--I know where I would find...
...suddenly nose-dived and opened the week with the biggest one-day break since 1955. The Dow-Jones industrial average plummeted ten points to 423.06, lowest level since May 1955. Every major group took a beating in the slump, with drops in such stocks as Du Pont, American Telephone & Telegraph, Bethlehem Steel, Goodyear, Alcoa and all but three of the 25 rails...
...totals at a record $200 billion, up $8.5 billion from 1956'$ peak. Construction volume in September rose to $4.6 billion, up 4% over a year earlier. And the first earnings reports for 1957's third quarter showed that companies were still making record profits. American Telephone & Telegraph and International Business Machines both posted new highs. IBM with a nine-month net before taxes of $130 million, some $25 million more than in 1956. Taking note of stock-market jitters, the staff of the congressional Joint Economic Committee advised businessmen not to be unduly concerned over recent stock price...