Word: medium
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cameras, mike booms, control panels. Some 1,300 members of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers won an 8.8% pay hike in two step-ups (to a base wage of $190 a week next year), plus an assurance from CBS that video tape-the instant TV recording medium feared by the union as a major job threat-will be handled for the network only by I.B.E.W. men. After twelve days of audio leaks and video freaks, CBS was back to normal...
...fact is that FRB's five-month campaign to ease credit has failed so far to cut interest rates appreciably. Though Federal Reserve banks have cut their rediscount rate 1¾%, only a few loan categories such as 90-to-180-day bankers' acceptances and short-and medium-term commercial paper have followed with similar declines...
More notable was the performance of the Chrysler New Yorker, driven by Alsbury's brother George, 21. It not only took second place in the overall run and first in the upper-medium-price class, but it showed the best performance of all cars in straight mileage. The New Yorker, eighth heaviest car in the race, averaged 21.0217 miles per gallon to beat out all cars in every class, including the smaller and lighter cars...
...Medium-Price Class. Oldsmobile 88, 19.2377; De Soto Firedome, 18.9471; Edsel Pacer, 19.2518; Pontiac Super Chief, 18.8017; Edsel Pacer, 19.0052; Mercury Montclair, 18.1621; Buick Special. 16.9445; Dodge Custom Royal 500, 17.8137; Dodge Custom Royal 500, 17.5490; Studebaker President...
...Upper-Medium-Price Class. Chrysler New Yorker, 21.0217; De Soto Fireflite, 19.6573; Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, 18.8390; Mercury Park Lane, 17.4186; Oldsmobile 98, 17.4849; Buick Century, 17.6698; Edsel Citation, 17.2474; De Soto Fireflite...