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...months the I.T.U. has been engaged in a bitter dispute with ten New York papers* on the subject of bogus. Negotiating for a new contract, the union committee has abandoned its showcase demands, e.g., a $30 weekly pay boost for a 30-hour week, settled for management's $7 offer, spread over two years. But to its bogus featherbed the I.T.U. clings for dear life...
...while it looked as if Pakistan and India might patch up their differences in a defense agreement. Communist China's machinations in Tibet have had widespread effects, from the conciliatory talks in Karachi and New Delhi to proposals by Vice-President Nixon and Senator Kennedy that the U.S. boost India's rate of economic growth to that of China...
...share reported in the company's best and final quarter last year. Chrysler's retail sales from April 10 to April 20 were the highest in the past 17 months. Colbert said "considerable improvement" in earnings can be expected in the second quarter, when Chrysler plans to boost production to 300,000 cars and trucks, 40% above the first quarter...
...course, Landau could recover, and his resurgence would be a tremendous boost for the Crimson. In the low hurdles, where form is not so important, Landau is still the favorite, on the strength of last Saturday's 23.8 effort. He will also run the 220, where he is the only one who can match Quaker Dave Coffin and Cornell's George Ekstrom...
Encouraged by rising consumer buying, appliance makers have increased their production schedules, and some are adding to plant facilities. The Norge Division of Borg-Warner Corp. last week announced that it will boost second-quarter production 90% over the same period last year...