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...Sixth Man, Steam...
...state law to end discrimination in some types of private housing had been passed. There were $33,700,000 in raises for state employees, not forgetting the legislators themselves, who will get salary and expense-account increases of $4,000 a year. There was a bill to subsidize and steam up the foundering commuter railroads. Most pleasing to Governor Rockefeller was the widespread program of aid to education: increasing state scholarships from 7,100 to 17,000, raising the maximum loans available to college students from $5,000 to $7,500, creating a consolidated University of the City...
Most gospel singers tend to hitch their style to one type of gospel belting. There's hard gospel," a heavily syncopated uptempo mode that pounds along like a steam locomotive. There's "sweet gospel " the gentler, lilting expression that finds its balm in folk dirges such as Steal Away to Jesus or Go Down Moses. Then there's "hallelujah shout," which can set ginmill customers or Southern Baptist congregations to clapping and chanting at the first blaring note...
...guilty as charged," replied General Motors Chairman Frederic G. Donner. It was not surprising that G.M. "has been the leader in this field," he said, because G.M. was the chief U.S. developer of the diesel electric locomotive, while other U.S. makers were committed to building "the inefficient steam locomotive." As diesels replaced steam engines, argued Donner, the market naturally fell to the most experienced manufacturer...
Although the threat of the steam shovels has hung over the heads of people in the area for a long time, some continue to think that red tape will enmesh the Inner Belt so long that it will ultimately fail to materialize. Like Mrs. Charles Brumis, a 25-year resident of the neighborhood threatened by the Brookline Street route, they are passively against the road. "We would oppose it, because we would hate to lose our home. But, they cancelled it for two years, so we decided to paint our house." More outspoken is Robert Pleet, who recently added...