Big Business Moves Reshape U.S. Economy This Week
Du Pont must divest 63 million GM shares within ten years under a Supreme Court order, with spreads of antitrust probes touching AT and T. Alleghany Corp. change ends with Murchison forces taking control. President Kennedy promises jobs training, credit easing, and SBA lending boosts as consumer confidence climbs and housing starts rise. Industrial sectors show renewed strength with rail freight, steel, and auto output improving, while April living costs stay flat and food prices drop for a sixth week.
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du Pont Co
General Motors Corp
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Alleghany Corp
U.S. Supreme Court
du Pont
General Motors
Justice Department
AT and T
John D. Murchison
Allan P. Kirby
Kirby
Alleghany
New York Central Railroad
Investors Diversified Services
Comlex
Kennedy
Congress
Small Business Administration
National Industrial Conference Board
National Association of Home Builders
New York City
American Iron and Steel Institute
Ford Motor Co
New York Stock Exchange
United States
Elizabeth Rudel Smith
Shinto Religion Fading From Japanese Beliefs
A shift from state instrument to personal faith as Shinto survives in Japan. Officials cite six million households contributing 560000 dollars yearly, with no organized creed or dogma. Worship centers on kami including Amaterasu, ancestor reverence, and awe in the ritual life.
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Japan
Amaterasu
Ise
Baytown Sun masthead and misc staff notes fragment
Partial Baytown Sun masthead appears with names and roles, later stray lines reference office locations Baytown Texas and Pearce Ashbel. No clear events, dates, or actions emerge. text is fragmented advertising and staff metadata from the newspaper front.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce
Ashbel
Baytown
Texas
Seen
Seeereers
Ising Department
Harris and Minow clash over FCC reorg and hidebound probes
Drew Pearson notes Arkansas Rep Harris as Interstate Commerce chair scowling at FCC reform after Minow blast. Harris subcommittee records show past refusals to investigate money, ties, and favors involving Channel 10, Channel 5, and Boston Herald interests, with later compelled resignations and convictions. Also recounts an East–West meeting with Chiang Kai-shek and Lady Bird Johnson in Formosa, plus Utah Senator Bennett's Udall criticism and a Ford fundraiser linked to Bennett ally Rodney Markley.
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Orew Harris
Arkansas
Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Neivton Minow
Harris
Bernard Schwartz
FCC
Richard Mack
Miami
Channel 10
Mack
Sherman Adams
Bernard Goldfine
White House
Harris Committee
Robert Choate
Boston Herald
Traveler
Channel 5
U.S. Court of Appeals
Minow
Government Operations Committee
Kennedy
East
Johnson
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa
Madam Chaing Kai-Shek
China
Ladybird Johnson
Jean Kenney Smith
Chiang Kuai- Shek
Chaing Kai-Shek
Toasting origins linked to revolution era tale
The Dumas Dictionary of Cuisine notes toasts began in the French Revolution. The term came from English practice of dropping a toast into the beer pot. A Basil anecdote recounted Anne Boleyn in a bath with lords toasting her health. one man waited for the toast, delaying his drink.
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Anne Boleyn
England
Today’s Grab Bag Answers And Old Trivia Clues
It lists answers: 1 Saigon closer than Melbourne for ships to San Francisco. 2 Liechtenstein was a dependency of Austria before 1918. 3 Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel by another American commodore. 4 Jorge Alessandri is president of Chile. 5 Kurile Islands lie between Japan and Kamchatka, Russia. Also mentions birthdays, historical notes, and word trivia with Italicized terms.
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Kamchatka
Russia
Kennedy era foreign aid push faces mass benefit test
Analyzing The News by James Marlow argues that clean hands foreign aid must reach the masses in backward countries to prevent communist appeal. Johnson’s tour underscores the need for aid paired with reforms, as Laos and Indochina show aid without benefits to the masses fails. The piece questions Kennedy's stance on state owned projects and whether aid should be tied to socialist-leaning ownership to win mass support.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Johnson
Asia
U. S
Eisenhower
Dulles
Russia
Red China
Southeast Asia
Laos
Indochina
South Korea
United States
Associated Press
The
Orient
Iran
Congress
Americcans
Editors Speak: Three Hour Sleep and Twenty One Hour Day
The Shreveport Times notes Russians near perfecting a drug to sleep three hours and stay awake twenty one hours. It contrasts with unions claiming a 21 hour work day and cites American scientists isolating a sleep-inducing biochemical. The piece tongue in cheekly argues for a longer waking period and shorter rest.
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Shreveport
Peoples Paradise
U. S
Bible Verse Nahom 1 7 Lord is a stronghold in trouble
The verse proclaims the Lord as a fortress for those who trust in him. Nahom 1 7 emphasizes divine protection and guidance in times of distress.
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Xond
Stamp collecting becomes hobby for millions of investors
New York AP reports about ten million Americans treating stamp collecting as a hobby and up to a million more as real investors. Stamps are praised as inflation hedges with international markets and quick liquidity in crises, though prices vary with new issues and rare finds. Recent auctions show high bidding, including rare items like a Honduras stamp and a Pan-American Exposition penny, while experts note a few stamps can fetch hundreds of thousands.
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New York
Gost
U.S
Esquire, Inc
Oldster Survives Hoodlums Attack in Canoga Park
In Canoga Park California 92 year old Byrus C Davis fought off razor wielding robbers and lost his money after a five hour lay in an alley with throat wounds Doctors say he survived after 54 stitches and a possible five pints of blood loss His son Billy a policeman found him Davis is back home planning a small birthday celebration for his 93rd on June 19 He attributes his survival to stamina hard work and a little nip once a day which doctors have cut back but may allow for the birthday toast
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Canoga Park
Calif
Pyo
Byrus C. Davis
Davis
Billy
Did You Know Most Auto Deaths Happen At Night
A study shows most automobile fatalities occur during nighttime hours despite lighter traffic. Factors include reduced visibility driver fatigue and higher speeds on rural roads. Authorities emphasize improved headlight use and vigilance to reduce risk.
Famous bridge duel ends in surprising five slam success
South dealer Fanny South and partner Terence Reese faced a misread four diamonds from Schapiro and, after a cautious six diamonds bid, Schapiro secured the slam. West opened diamonds with a jack, Schapiro ruffed clubs, drew trumps and miscued a heart later. the slam stood as West’s diamond lead sealed the outcome.
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Schapiro
Reese
West
Daily Crossword Answers From Saturdays Grid
The weekly crossword solution lists two dollar clues and several entries: Watering place priced at two dollars. Owns, Skill, Easter bonnet, Single unit, Swiss river, drs father, Music note.
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Dr's Father
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