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...stations (top price: $50 weekly). Now Miller has filmed his first TV keyhole show (which he hopes to sell to WXEX in Richmond, Va.), and will sign a syndication contract with Intermountain Network, Inc., which will add its 57 Western stations to his string in October and, he hopes, boost his total income from $50,000 to $75,000 a year...
...babies was its crash program to mass-produce titanium, the "wonder metal'' that is lighter than steel and tougher than aluminum. To get the metal for supersonic planes, the U.S. gave out some $215 million in federal loans, stockpile-buying contracts and research grants that helped boost production of titanium sponge from 75 tons in 1950 to 14,000 tons last year. More than 90% of the 1957 output was bought by the Government. But last week the Government and producers alike were willing to concede that titanium had fallen short of everyone's high hopes...
...sidelines for only one day last July (during a game with the Pirates that was suspended before completion), Cardinal Stan Musial snapped his National League record of consecutive games played at 862. Benched once more after another month of steady play, Stan managed to boost his record to 895 by going in as a pinch runner in the playoff of the suspended game...
...Edsel in Detroit last week, Chairman Ernest R. Breech let the first cat out of the. Big Three bag on a subject everyone has been wondering about: the price tags on 1958's cars. Ford's prices, said Breech, are going up. Best guess: an average boost of $100 per car. The main reason is that "the public apparently desires significant changes every year," as Ford discovered in 1956, when General Motors' heavily facelifted Chevrolet left the competition far behind. To win its current lead in 1957, Ford spent a staggering $608 million on retooling...
LEAD, ZINC TARIFF will probably jump 100% to 200% soon to give depressed domestic producers a boost. With U.S. prices down to 14? per lb. for lead and 10? for zinc, Tariff Commission is expected to recommend doubling lead duty to 2.55?, tripling zinc tariff...