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...survivors had climbed past the $300,000 mark. In South Africa there is no racial equality even in death; compensation laws grant a white miner's wife a pension for life of up to $93 a month. But a Bantu widow gets only a lump sum payment, which, if prudently invested, would give a return calculated at $9 a month. At week's end keepers of the fund were trying to decide whether or not to apply a similar ratio...
...Pruess announced that International's relationship with Miss Williams "no longer exists." Retorted Actress Williams from Hollywood, after pointing out that she had in fact taken less than the 5% a year due her to help out the company: "If a man can't provide a 5% payment on a $10 million gross to the person who is the whole reason of the business, I don't think that man should be in charge any more. I'm not accusing him, but I am wondering where the rest of the money went." Her hope is that...
...fakes, wherever they find them, all collections would be in jeopardy." A quipster proposed that Selig hang the damaged painting with the label: "Latest work of Morris Graves." But Collector Selig himself was relaxed, wrote Graves a letter: "Your anger was justifiable. I would prefer to leave payment or the choice of replacement of the damaged picture to you. Whatever you decide will be fine with...
...increasing government interference with the economy might kill or strangle something more precious than the gain. "We are not slaves to our luxuries," said a member of the Council of Economic Advisers last week. "The workers have achieved a five-day week; they have taken part of their payment in leisure. If we need to produce more, we could go back to a six-day week and get a 20% increase in growth immediately." Said Special Economic Adviser
...Peso bonds, of all land holdings greater than 995 acres, except sugar, rice or cattle farms, which may be as big as 3,316 acres. In practice, INRA agents, who outrank even rebel army officers, have seized whatever farms they pleased regardless of size, and no bonds for payment of the farms have yet been printed...