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Yesterday was the students' round in the growing discussion over the College's 30 percent boost in dormitory rents, as a special investigation by the local chapter of the American Veterans Committee condemned the increase and the Student Council appointed a special group to look into the situation...
...Thursday, wheat and corn again tumbled the limit and securities slumped some more. Then Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson, whose boss has been sounding off about high prices, did what seemed to be his flap-jawed best to keep them up. He announced that the Government might boost its export buying by an additional 50 million bushels of wheat...
American Help. It was still too early to tell whether Mayer's drastic program would boost exports, stop domestic inflation, and bring hoarded gold and dollars out of hiding to bolster the country's monetary system. Said Mayer: he would need about four months before he could tell whether the program would work...
Indian Giver. Northwest Airlines asked CAB for permission to rebate 5% of the fare on flights more than half an hour late in arriving. But the offer had an Indian-giving feature: the line also asked CAB for a fare boost of 8%, the third increase, if granted, within a year...
Unmarried students will get a pay boost of $10, increasing their allowance to $75 a month. Men with wives receive a $15 hike, while one or more children warrant a rise...