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...million empire and attempted to gain control of giant Montgomery Ward, sounded a general retreat last week. He is getting out of Montgomery Ward and selling all his 59,000 shares (at an expected profit of about $750,000). Furthermore, he is thinking of selling the Highway Trailer Co., the Marion Power Shovel Co. and its subsidiary, the Osgood Co., all controlled by Merritt-Chapman & Scott, which Wolfson runs as chairman, president and chief stockholder (more than 157,000 out of 5,374,360 shares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Retreat | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

...story of these three winds forward from the brute's purchase of the heroine from her mother for a few thousand lire. With his frightened purchase he takes to the road on a tumble-down trailer built onto a motorcycle, and is soon teaching the girl a few simple tricks--blowing a horn or dancing a few steps--with which to decorate his act. Despite frequent cuffs and constant glowering from her master, the half-wit begins to enjoy her simple performances at rural festivals...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: La Strada | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

...Next week ABC will launch Treasure Hunt (Fri. 9 p.m.), offering a paltry $25,000 to the person who picks the right treasure out of a muckle of 50 chests. If he misses the moneybags, he may still win title to a car, speedboat, house trailer, round-the-world cruise or a head of cabbage. Treasure Hunt will be the only show on the air that will call for old-fashioned wishbone-type luck. Says ABC President Bob Kintner: "We are more interested in giving away entertainment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Big Money | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

ANTIMONOPOLY COMPLAINT against Fruehauf Trailer Co., largest producer of truck trailers, was filed by Federal Trade Commission. FTC charged Fruehauf, which has increased revenues by 200% since 1949, had swallowed competitors illegally, was getting strangle hold on industry by offering special financing deals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Sep. 3, 1956 | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

...TRAILER DWELLERS now number 3,000,000 in U.S., and "mobilehome" builders expect 1956 sales to go up 15% over last year's record $435 million. Reasons for the large jump: more livable trailers (air conditioning, built-in bars, etc.), high rents, national wanderlust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Sep. 3, 1956 | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

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