Word: wage
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fresh vegetables, beef, milk. Down: house furnishings, men's and boys' clothing, fresh fruits, pork, eggs, poultry (lowest level since December 1942), restaurant meals (first decline since June 1956). The long-range outlook as most experts saw it: renewed upcreep in prices under the push of wage raises and heavy Government expenditures. But before the climb started, harried consumers found it nice to rest on a plateau...
Preparing for Limited War. The Navy is arguing persuasively that postwar history proves that the U.S. must be ready to wage limited wars, and that in them the Navy would have vital jobs to do: keeping open sea lanes of transportation and communication, applying air power from offshore carriers. In keeping with its arguments, the Navy is pushing, despite the budget hold-down, for a $375 million dreamboat: a second atomic-powered carrier to join the Enterprise, now abuilding. So taken is Chief of Naval Operations Arleigh ("31-Knot") Burke with the atomic carrier's virtues-speed, range...
Already all South Africa has benefited from the government's racial practices, DuPlessis pointed out. "Nobody, but nobody, is going hungry is South Africa," and wage rates are "princely" in comparison with those of most other countries, the speaker held...
...beginning of the year, the delivery boys received five cents a bundle, but this rate would have put both the linen service and the entire H.S.A. in the red. Thus, the wage was cut to four cents a bundle, incurring dissatisfaction on the part of some of the workers...
...deliverers indicated that even with the reduced wage, they are receiving at least 20 cents an hour more than they did last year. He emphasized that the H.S.A. needs a small profit each year to enable it to start new enterprises, thus creating work for a greater number of undergraduates...