Word: willises
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Willis B. Downey, General Counsel for the M.T.A., opposed the bill. He pointed out that the line has had heavy deficits in the past and thought these deficits would return if commuter fares are reduced.
Russell B. Long of Louisiana, Earl C. Clements of Kentucky, George A. Smathera of Florida, and Willis Smith and Clyde R. Hooy of North Carolina all posted little-opposed Democratic victories in the South early last night.
Died. Willis Haviland Carrier, 73, "founder of the air-conditioning industry," first president (1915-31) of Carrier Corp., later board chairman; in Manhattan. Mechanical Engineer Carrier's "Rational Psychometric Formulae" (1911) provided a scientific basis for designing air-conditioning equipment, took the industry out of its cut-and-try...
It was a prophetic beginning for the week. The war news from Korea continued to be encouraging, but everywhere else the President looked, things seemed to be going wrong. Congress was bent on compelling him to lend money against his will to Franco, and was loading his war-powers bill...
At first, big Willis Smith, a corporation lawyer who stood for the South-as-is, couldn't decide whether to make another try for the U.S. Senate. In last month's North Carolina Democratic primary bantam Fair Dealer Frank Graham had led him by 53,383 votes. But...