Word: six
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...week from the Supreme Court. Last fall, in Holmes v. Alexander, the court told 33 Mississippi school districts to desegregate "at once." The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit carried out that order by giving the districts only until Dec. 31. But when 16 more districts in six Southern states came up for consideration last month, the Fifth Circuit faltered; it gave those districts, and by implication the rest of the South, until next fall to integrate student bodies. Last week the Supreme Court knocked down the "next fall" provision and ordered full desegregation in twelve of those...
...Theological Union on "Holy Hill" in Berkeley. Founded only seven years ago, G.T.U. now includes nine seminaries and seven associated centers, including Episcopal, Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and Unitarian institutions, and three theological schools of Roman Catholic religious orders: Jesuit, Dominican and Franciscan. The Boston Theological Institute has brought together six Roman Catholic and Protestant seminaries and a graduate department of theology in a similar union; other clusters are being formed in Rochester, N.Y.; Washington, D.C., New York City, Toronto and even Dubuque...
...sales of $1.1 billion, compared with 6% for the industry's most profitable major operator, Firestone. After Northwest's takeover attempt, Keener, who was paid $240,000 last year, allotted each of the divisions a profit target and rigorously trimmed back on money-losing operations. Last week, six days before Christmas, Goodrich closed down a rubber footwear plant in Watertown, Mass-and with it went the jobs of 950 employees. In that case, the closing had been announced in July. "Let's be frank," says John N. Hart, Goodrich vice president and controller...
...Profit Alone. Clausen's main challenge will be continuing the bank's phenomenal expansion. During Peterson's six-year tenure, assets have risen from $14.7 billion to more than $25 billion, and the number of foreign branches has expanded from 44 in 1966 to 96 now. Four years ago the BankAmericard operation counted 1,300,000 cardholders in California; it now has 27.5 million cardholders in 48 states and 40 foreign countries, and is adding a million new customers a month...
...Six-Day War between Israelis and Arabs...