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...large and small courtyards are dominated by a massive belltower harboring the major threat to Sunday quiet along the river front. But even when the large Russian bells shatter the air at 12:30 p.m. few residents are disturbed. They merely flock to the dining hall and create the longest line of the week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Attempts to Represent College Without Molding Student to Set Pattern | 3/29/1956 | See Source »

...MoPac's reorganization. At the last minute a group of bondholders holding only one-third of 1% of the total claims against MoPac went to court to block the plan, but Judge Moore swept aside their objections as "frivolous." With that, the 9,710-mile Missouri Pacific, sixth longest U.S. rail system, came out of bankruptcy and back into private hands. The first major railroad to go into reorganization under Section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act, it was the last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: MoPac Wins Its Freedom | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

Loyal Dealers. The company's hard-hit dealers, stockholders, customers and 55,000 striking employees were sorely in need of assistance. The longest U.S. strike since 1950 had cost I.U.E. and the independent United Electrical Workers $84 million in wages. The union was paying out $250,000 a week in strike benefits, and Westinghouse had piled up over $250 million in losses. A big question: How long will it take Westinghouse to make up its strike losses, win back its competitive position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Stalemate at Westinghouse | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

Williams gained its two wins at the fourth and seventh positions. Crimson captain Pete Milton dropped the longest match of the day to Rogers Southall at number four, 13-16, 15-8, 13-15, 18-14, 18-16. Seventh man Roger Cortesi lost to Dick Ennis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Team Downs Williams, 7-2; Meets Cadets Today at West Point | 2/25/1956 | See Source »

...plane will slow down by circling, and head for some landing field with a very long runway. It will touch at 250 m.p.h., and may use a drag parachute to check its speed on the ground. When the pilot steps out and walks away, he will have passed the longest 20 minutes in the history of manned flight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Man-Guided Missile | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

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