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...meet a guy in the paddock and he takes you aside. "Listen," he says, "I got something in the next race. It's a shoo-in, a boat race, in the tank, the fix is on. And drop a sawbuck on for me. I'll meet you here later...
What provoked the uproar was the Federal Reserve Board's decision to abolish Regulation W, the control measure which fixed minimum down payments and installments on consumer goods, e.g., one-third down on autos, with only 18 months to pay the rest. FRB Chairman William McChesney Martin had wanted to stick to the ruling despite a 6% drop in retail sales during the first 4½ months of 1952. But he was persuaded to lift it after the twelve regional chairmen warned him that, in their districts, prices were sliding, goods moving sluggishly, and inventories piling up. Now retailers...
...highest in Waban natives early this morning, in the traditional battle for the class's first husband, foremost in the thoughts of every maiden filly entered. Every year just before the hoop classic word leaks out that groups of maidens have put their heads together to set up a fix, in which some girls will block while one girl rolls through to victory...
...Rain of Questions. Harry Truman's damndest, as he saw it, took in a lot of territory. Aside from the prevention of World War III, he thought, the greatest accomplishment of his Administration has been keeping employment at full tilt. Said he: We have been able to fix the income of the country so that it is fairly distributed -an even economy, well-balanced so everybody has a fair chance. And after the rearmament program is finished a Point Four program-if it raises the standards of living of the underdeveloped parts of the world at least...
...favorite whipping boy, could appreciate the tremendous good will Detroit Edison had built with its customer services. To look after them, more than 500 of the company's 11,625 employees are kept busy; 47 service trucks cruise the Detroit area night & day to replace lamps and fuses, fix appliances, install lead-in wires for electric stoves, etc. For new homes the crews install up to 40 light bulbs free, thereafter replace any that burn out, requiring only the old bulb or the metal end in exchange...