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...though Macmillan's Tories had already lost one seat to Labor last fortnight and seen Labor boost its local majority by 50% to retain a seat at Wednesbury last week, the "reeling blow" that Lady Megan dealt was felt less by the Tories than by the once powerful party of her father and of the young Winston Churchill. With Laborite Lloyd George's election, the Liberal Party's representation in the House of Commons was reduced to a pitiful five members...
...DOWN PAYMENTS on mortgages will drop if Congress approves new plan sent up by Administration. Plan is to boost the amount of cost of house that FHA can insure; e.g., to new maximum of 96% of first $10,000 of appraised value v. current 95% of first $9,000. Effect would be to lower down payment on $10,000 house to $400 from current $700, on $16,000 house to $1,300 from $2,200, on $20,000 house to $2,500 from...
Slicker Service. To boost profits to pay for such expansion-and compete with bigger lines-Continental plans plush service all the way. Beginning April 28, the twice-daily Chicago-Denver-Los Angeles DC-7B flights (one way: $76, plus food and drinks) will be the first regular all-coach service operated with the same trimmings as first-class service...
...with imported raw materials, but the low cost of power makes the plant a paying proposition already. Some of the materials needed, e.g., bauxite, have already been discovered in the Cameroons, will eventually be used to make the plant's operation even cheaper. The plant is a big boost to the Cameroons' sluggish economy, now based almost entirely on agriculture. A tax-paying industry that will pour money into the public treasury, Alucam will also give work to 500, increase rail and harbor traffic, further encourage the search for minerals...
...Juice by Sea. Sale of fresh Florida orange juice in Northern states will get a boost from Fruit Industries Inc., which has solved the high cost of refrigerated land transport with S.S. Tropicana, a vacuum-sealed stainless-steel tanker. The ship can carry 1,500,000 gal. (the juice of 70 million oranges) on a 56-hour run from Cocoa, Fla. to Long Island, where the juice is put in cartons for sale in twelve states and Canada. Company spends only $15,000 per tanker trip v. $265,000 if the juice came by land...