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...clock one afternoon last week, and the 14 members of the Selection Committee of Britain's Royal Academy were glumly having plum cake and tea to fortify themselves to go on judging the 9,944 entries for the yearly summer painting exhibition. By such reserved accolades as a grunt, a gently lifted hand and a muttered "Not too bad, what?" the committeemen had given a number of paintings the stature of D for doubtful, while marking the others X for rejected. Suddenly Academy President Charles Wheeler looked at a painting, put down his cup, summoned other committeemen to inspect...
...Romney pushed production up another 6% to put it 26% ahead of 1957. American's first-quarter sales were the greatest in its history (31,260 cars), and, after years of red ink, it reported a handsome $2,380,895 profit. Yet Romney's gain puts little cake in Detroit's lunch basket. Some 84% of the industry's 807,000 workers are Big Three employees, and an estimated 450,000 are laid off; millions more workers in thousands of supplier plants spread across the entire U.S. economy are dependent upon the major auto companies...
...Cake Line. In Philadelphia, a worker stopped off to pick up unemployment money from the company that had laid him off, told Employment Manager George Brobyn: "Hurry up, my cab is waiting...
...seem to mind being pushed around. They're still susceptible to any suggestion that they can become more beautiful. Look at the beauty industry-it's doing better than ever. And many of the items that come into the home are really invaluable-frozen foods and instant cake mixes that allow even the worst cook to turn out a good...
Smith: The facts seem to prove that the consumer is good and tired of the U.S. car, at least-and that's far more important than cake...