Court Orders Cement Firm to Pay Taxes
The Minnesota Supreme Court, in a 5 to split decision, rules Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. must pay 102,536 in income taxes, penalties and interest for 1933 through 1948. The firm, based in Mason City Iowa, sells nationwide and has Minnesota sales and an office in Minneapolis.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
Northwestern States Portland Cement Co
Mason City
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Leroy Matson
Matson
Roger L. Dell
Thomas Gallagher
Oscar Knutson
William P. Murphy
Paul A. Carroll
Hennepin County District Court
Martin A. Nelson
Frank T. Gallagher
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Atty. Gen. Lord
George Johnson
Justice Matson
Rumors of New Anti Cancer Drug Roil Stocks
On the New York Stock Exchange rumors of a new anticancer drug sent Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp stock to a 1957 high of 58.50 as companies cautioned the compound remains in its infancy and not a cure. Studies at Jackson Memorial Hospital and NIH were praised for study but no decisive evidence of effectiveness emerged. Some University of Miami researchers reported limited success in slowing breast cancer spread in small trials.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
E. R. Squibb & Sons
Jackson Memorial Hospital
University of Miami Medical School
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda
Sloan Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
Miami Herald
University of Miami
Pension Boost Leaves Yet With Nothing
In Houston Texas a proposed $300 a month pension for Confederate veteran Walter W Williams 114 and his ailing wife stalled due to timing. The emergency measure would raise his pension from 200 to 300 but delayed until September 1. If delayed $50 monthly checks may be issued, but first payments arrive next month. Williams wife Mrs Willie Mae Bowles relies on his pension American Legion support and rent income while facing mounting bills and a house note delay.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Walter W. Williams
Will Wilson
John H. Winters
Williams
Mayflower II Crew Ends 54 Day Atlantic Voyage
The 32 crew members led by Cmdr. Alan Villiers welcomed by crowds in Plymouth Massachusetts and England as Mayflower II completed a 54 day Atlantic crossing on a southern route. The ship, lacking modern comforts, returned to Plymouth to rest before a New York summer tour and fall reassessment.
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Plymouth
Mass
United States
England
Cmdr
Alan Villiers
Plymouth Harbor
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Joseph Meany Jr
Waltham
Atlantic
Villiers
Meany
Plymouth Rock
John Stevens
Capetown
South Africa
New York
Instant Hills Bros Coffee Smells Like Real Coffee
The ad touts Instant Hills Bros Coffee as the first instant with true coffee aroma and flavor. It emphasizes a special process to capture esters, a vapor seal to preserve aroma, twenty years of testing, and affordability for cup or pot use.
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Hills Bros
Instant Hills Bros
Graham Crusade Cuts Into Tavern Trade
New York bars near Madison Square Garden report a slack season as Billy Graham draws crowds at the arena. Bartenders say business declines while Graham preaches nightly, with 441 converts at last service and total decisions rising to 17 670.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Billy Graham
Joseph Crotty
Graham
Victor Scimeca
8Th Avenue
Christ
Nasser’s Arab leadership wanes amid regional splits
Beirut reports Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser faces growing isolation from Arab peers as Syria edges closer, Jordan and Saudi Arabia distance themselves, and the Arab League weakens. The shift follows expulsions of Egyptian military attachés and fraying alliances, with Lebanon voting against a nationalist leftist bloc in parliament.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Middle East
Saud
Arabia
Hussein
Jordan
Nasser
Israel
Amman
Syria
Iraq
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Joint Arab Military Command
Yemen
Arab League
Sudan
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Graham Crusade
Frank Goldner
Goldner
Jesus Christ
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