Word: tickets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Adam Clayton Powell, 49, Democratic Congressman from New York's Harlem district, pastor of Harlem's huge Abyssinian Baptist Church, threw his 1956 support to the national Republican ticket, stumped among his fellow Negroes on behalf of President Eisenhower. Already under investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, Powell landed in trouble with his own party for his political infidelity. But after Ike's victory, at least one of Powell's problems seemed to ease: the tax investigation bogged down...
...wanted to run for re-election this year, was pressured out by Knowland, reluctantly announced his candidacy for Knowland's seat in the Senate. Last week the Pasadena Independent quoted Goodie Knight telling just exactly how he feels about his prospective running mate on California's Republican ticket. Said Knight...
When Director Minnelli showed them his rough cut, the boys in the front office decided they had something special, and announced that the show would open like a Broadway play-white tie and hard ticket. The public seemed to like the idea. Despite advanced prices ($3 top), more than $40,000 worth of tickets were mail-ordered before the box office opened...
With advance bookings of $1,400,000 and ticket mongers taking orders for 1960, the most ballyhooed play of the year, My Fair Lady, opened in London for what looked like a long, long run. Headed by the same principals (Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Stanley Holloway) who starred in it on Broadway, Lady captivated most of the city's captious critics (said the Times: "A musical comedy of the first water"), who often delight in panning U.S. productions. Afterward, temperamental, triumphant Actor Harrison, escorted by Cinemactress Wife Kay Kendall, gamely offered a limp hand to a wellwisher...
...such as refrigerators, home freezers, TV sets, home washers and dryers. All were riding the boom-time surge in consumer credit as families tried to catch up on buying held back by World War II and Korea. This year the buyers finally caught up. Autos, along with other big-ticket items, were bound to slow down as debt-burdened consumers decided to hold off and pay their bills. After increasing 23% in 1955, installment credit increased only 10% in 1956, another 7% last year. This year overall consumer credit has dropped sharply, and auto buyers are actually paying off more...