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...statistics. To begin with, the tricked-up Buick of the highest-salaried man in the U.S. is hardly noticeable among the bright new Buicks and Chevrolets along Flint's main streets. Flint is the home of the main Buick and Chevrolet plants, the Fisher Body, AC Spark Plug and Ternstedt Divisions (G.M. auto hardware...
After a series of scandals in 1954, Texas finally got fed up with the worst insurance regulations in the nation, passed 23 new laws to plug loopholes. Last week, for all its trouble, Texas was rocked by the worst scandal in the state's checkered insurance history...
...insurance charter should have been issued only after he filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. But U.S. Trust & Guaranty never took out a corporate license. Shoemake promised 5% returns on "certified drafts," claimed that these deposits were 100% backed with cash reserves and investments. To plug his company, he hired Columnist Drew Pearson on TV ("You can put your trust in U.S. Trust"). Last June, the insurance commission discovered that U.S. Trust & Guaranty could not account for $300,000 of funds taken in. Furthermore, it was $1.5 million in the red. Rather than expose the company...
Once, playing first base, he shoved his big right paw into his hip pocket for a plug of chewing tobacco. Sam McMackin, the Paterson pitcher, went into his windup. Honus shouted for time; he waved his gloved hand and jumped wildly to attract Mc-Mackin's attention. McMackin pitched anyway. The batter grounded to short...
Because of a backward policy in its technical aid relations with Egypt, the State Department, like the little Dutch boy, was only able to plug up the hold in its dike last week at the last minute. If the Russians begin to make such holes more often, Secretary of State Dulles may soon find himself running out of fingers...