Word: contracting
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...last spring, Railroader Robert R. Young, who owned the majority of the stock, thought the deal was solid. But when the time came to pass the cash, Galbreath wanted to change the sale conditions. Twice Bob Young granted extensions; twice Galbreath asked for new terms, and the contract grew to 100 pages...
...traffic will be able to cross the bridge for some time after that, however, as the contract bidding for the approaches has just opened this week...
...owner of such a .bird, if selected, will be given a reasonable compensation on a contract basis. The owner and the parrot will travel in a limousine with the parrot's name engraved in gold on the door and will stay only at the best hotels. The parrot will be furnished a gold cage and its life insured...
...Said President George C. Diggers: "We figured we would save some newsprint by consolidating the Sunday papers (TIME, March 27), but we did not save enough to make up for the expansion of the daily Constitution . . . For a while, we bought extra supply at $160 a ton [whereas] the contract price is $104. But now that source has folded up and there is nothing to do but ration advertising...
...contract had been let, University did not interfere did ask, however, that locate a minimum num- living quarters on the site each building contains about 126 students with the large units broken down into smaller ones...