Cash dividends rise in first five months of year
U S corporations paid nearly four billion dollars in cash dividends in the first five months of the year, up 3 percent from 1956. May payments totaled 300 million dollars. Manufacturing sectors showed gains versus May 1956, with notable increases in oil refining, chemicals, iron and steel, and machinery, while chemical industry payments declined due to shifted dates.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Dagwood Suspected Of Robbing Firm’s Safe
Dagwood is suspected of stealing money from his firm’s safe in a NBC TV comedy tonight at 7 on Chanel 6 WHIS TV. Blondie wins $500 for her collection of recipes and buys new dresses and jewelry. The article notes Lake Erie as the largest lake with width about one mile and length roughly 104% miles.
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Ah Dagwood
Arthur Lake
Chanel
Whis-Tv
Blondie
Ermeer
Queen Elizabeth swats fly at Trooping the Colour
Queen Elizabeth II battled a bold horse fly during the Trooping the Colour ceremony at Horse Guards. The monarch rode Imperial with Guards details watching as she delivered measured swats and kept composure amid a hot London day. Casualties from the crowd heat were reported by St John Ambulance at 331.
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Eddy Gilmore Indon
Elizabeth II
Horse Guards
London
Imperial
Zecuse
Irish Guards
Elizabeth
Don
Cleer
St. John Ambulance Brigade
Coal Officials To Meet In Fairmont
About 100 coal industry officials are expected for the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute annual meeting in Fairmont tomorrow and Saturday. Circuit Judge Max DeBerry of Harrisville will preside at a banquet tomorrow night. P. R. Peretti of Pocahontas, Va., general superintendent of the Pocahontas Fuel Co., will chair the meeting with Crawford L. Wilson, newly named head of the State Department of Mines, among those attending.
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Fairmont
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
Satuday
Max DeBerry
Harrisville
P. R. Peretti
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Crawford L. Wilson
State Department of Mines
Baydu Wins Third Straight at Mont Park in Acorn Run
Baydu the Claiborne Farm filly extended her winning streak to three with victories across three different tracks, capturing the Acorn at Mont Park this spring. The performance underscores her consistency and rising status in the spring racing circuit.
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Baydu
Claiborne Farm
Acorn
Mont Park
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