Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Scornful Laugh. What resurrected the cry for protection-besides Premier Diefenbaker's political priming of what he likes to call "pro-Canadianism"-is the fast-spreading U.S. technique of "split-run" advertising; starting late last year, the Saturday Evening Post, McCall's, LIFE and Look opened Canadian-circulation copies to specifically Canadian advertising. Canadian magazines, led by Maclean's (circ. 515,577)-professed to see the handwriting on the wall...
...city's parochial schools were segregated and some were not; Archbishop Ritter ordered in 1947 that all be integrated at once. "The cross on top of our schools must mean something," he said. When a group of diehard segregationists threatened to take legal action, Archbishop Ritter squelched them fast with the announcement that anyone involved in such a movement would be excommunicated...
...Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the Chesapeake & Ohio last week won out over the New York Central. The C. & O. obtained tenders from B. & O. stockholders for 55% of the road's stock, enough to ensure control. The victory was a personal triumph for the C. & O.'s fast-moving President Walter J. Tuohy, who personally canvassed hundreds of B. & O. stockholders for support, twice flew to Switzerland to argue his case with Swiss bankers whose depositors held 20% of B. & O. stock (they backed him). The Central, which was also soliciting tenders of B. & O. stock, refused...
Exploding Market. The number of private projects to provide housing for the elderly is growing fast; Social Security payments and company pension plans make it possible for more and more of the retired to live in such developments. One-fourth of the 15.5 million U.S. citizens over age 65 receive between $1,000 and $2,000 a year from Social Security and pensions. Their ranks will swell as pension plans expand and the number of those over 65 soars to 20 million by 1970. Recognizing the possibilities, the Federal Housing Administration has given the housing projects a boost; it guarantees...
...newspaper one morning recently, Lawrence A. Harvey, 48, chairman of the West Coast's Harvey Aluminum Inc. noticed a story that a competitor was about to make a big sale of aluminum to a new customer. With only 2% of U.S. aluminum output, Lawrence Harvey has to scramble fast to compete against the giants. He grabbed his telephone, learned the contract had indeed been agreed upon, but was not yet signed. He summoned a family conference in the company's executive suite: Father Leo M. Harvey, 75, company president; Uncle Herbert Harvey, 65, engineering vice president; and Brother...