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...varsity players were responsible for all of the Crimson scoring with halfback Bill Taylor collecting a record four touchdowns and John Hartranft booting all extra points and a field goal Taylor's 24 points were enough to offset the spectacular passing of Bruin quarterback Jim Dunda who connected with ends and halfbacks almost at will...
Some observers feel that the Chinese are attacking here merely to offset Indian efforts to drive them from Ladakh. This view is supported by Chinese statements, made last April, in response to Indian demands that the Chinese leave Ladakh. The statements claimed both Ladakh and the NEFA as Chinese territory. It is an unreasonable prelude to negotiations, the statement claimed, for India to insist on occupying all the disputed territory. It is quite possible that Chinese offers to negotiate were made in good faith, since China did reach an amicable boundary settlement with Pakistan. China may well have regarded...
...while increased rail freight loadings hiked the earnings of the Western Pacific, Missouri Pacific and Norfolk & Western. Heading toward its best year since 1957, Chrysler Corp. swung around from last year's third-quarter deficit of $4.8 million to a profit of $3.2 million. In oil, higher sales offset gasoline price wars and led to profit increases of 7% to 42% for Cities Service, Texaco, Socony Mobil, Gulf, Tidewater, Sun and Shell...
...Lubell, doorbell ringing around New York, discovered defections by one out of every six voters who backed Republican Rockefeller in 1958. The main reasons: Rocky's tax increases and his divorce. But much of the loss is offset by Democrats shifting to Rocky rather than vote for Morgenthau. Said one: "The Democrats are running a nobody." Lubell's conclusion: Rockefeller should win, but by less than the 573,000-vote margin that made him Governor...
...rise in wage levels. The result has been a profit squeeze that has led many firms to cancel expansion plans and forced them to raise prices. Higher prices have hurt exports, while wage boosts have increased consumer demand, which has raised imports. Economists agree that increased consumer spending cannot offset the downward pull of reduced corporate spending and exports...