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...Force insisted that this means no change in the overall program to boost the Air Force from 95 to 143 wings. But instead of being completed by 1953, as first planned, the 143 wings will not be finished until 1955 or 1956. Peak production will be lower and delivery lengthened. The aircraft industry's boom will be longer, but thinner...
...designs are pretty much unchanged, prices are not. Last week, OPS okayed a wholesale price boost for G.M., Hudson and Ford. G.M. dealers got word that the new Chevrolets will probably be $60 to $100 higher than in 1951, Oldsmobiles $75 to $110 higher, some Cadillacs $135, Buicks as much...
Slow Revisions. One reason why many merchants dislike night hours is that they boost overhead (overtime pay, supper money, extra shifts, bigger light bills). Richard H. Rich, president of Atlanta's Rich's, terms the move to expand night shopping "a lamentable trend." But Sears, Roebuck, with three thriving Atlanta stores, stays open two nights a week. Says Sears's Southern Vice President Charles H. Kellstadt: "If you've invested millions in a plant, the more hours you use it the more you can reduce costs." More than any other merchandiser, Sears, by its aggressive selling...
Despite the fact that the President wants a four and a half billion dollar tax rise. Smithies foresees no such boost in the fiscal year...
...youngsters got their first boost in the waiting room. Thanks to the Variety Club of New England, one of the "angels" financing the new building, there was a layout of electric trains, a television set, a miniature merry-go-round, and a rack of dolls. If a little girl got attached to a doll, she could keep it; there were more where it came from. Corridor walls were covered with such Disney favorites as Pinocchio and Snow White...