Market Wide Swings Define First Half 1957
ED MORSE reports broad stock market volatility in early 1957 with the AP average closing at 182.20, just 70 cents above year-end. A 18.40 gap between high and low reflected substantial gains and losses, amid policy worries, earnings, and events from Suez to Eisenhower’s health.
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ED Morse
New York
Associated Press
Wall Street
Treasury
Humphrey
Hoover
Howeer
Tings
Suez Canal
Supreme Court
du Pont
General Motors
Eisenhower
Lukens Steel
Business Omens Point to Higher Jobs and Income
Washington reports that mid-1957 economists predict six months of new highs in jobs income and production with the canvas dollar holding value. They warn price rises may slow with dips, while wage gains and personal income rise gradually amid persistent inflationary forces.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Weeks
Aead
Edson’s Pa Pioneered Firearm Reform in Rail Mail
Washington dispatch recalls Arthur E Edson of Monett Missouri who fought to remove firearms from railway mail clerks. He championed safer mail service, arguing guns hindered work and that only certain clerks should carry arms. He stood against unsafe orders and defended federal workers' dedication.
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Arthur Edson Washington
Post Office
Dad
U.S
Arthur Ernest Edson
Monett
Herodotus
Frisco Railway
Oklahoma City
Union Carbide to Build Major Plant Near Winfield W Va
Union Carbide Corp announced a new major chemical plant to be built near Winfield in Putnam County West Virginia. About 1,000 construction workers will be hired, with 500 initial full time staff and production aimed for 1960. The plant will produce ethanol, ethylene oxide, and isopropanol, expanding Carbide capacity and linking to other facilities.
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South Charleston
W. Va
Union Carbide Corp
Winfield
Putnam County
D. B. Benedict
Union Carbide Chemicals Co
Benedict
St. Albans- Nitro
Kanawha Valley
Kanawha
Charleston
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Queen Mother Heads to Rhodesia Nyasaland Federation
Queen Mother Elizabeth plans a two week visit to the Rhodesia Nyasaland federation in southeast Africa. She will depart Monday aboard a BOAC Britannia jetliner.
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London
Elizabeth
Rhodesia-Nyasaland Federation
Ioutheast Africa
Ocean Terrace on the Waterfront Norfolk VA Ad
Ocean Terrace advertises convenient waterfront location near restaurants and amusements. Welcomes old and new guests with reasonable rates and reservations via phone 107-0624. Owners and operators Mr and Mrs W E Woodhouse Jr at 272 W Ocean View Ave Norfolk VA.
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W. E. Woodhouse, Jr
W. Ocean View Ave
Norfolk, Va
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Cologne
Germany
Poe Jeanne B Yeat
City Board of Directors
T. Courtney Tanner
Bluefield
The
Telegraph
Union Carbide Building Plant
Queen Mother
A. R. McElroy
Ocean Terrace
Philco
Avi
Tion
Commerce Street
Dial
Bluefield, West Virginia
Bluefield, W. VA
Clark Stores
Warlick Furniture Co
Chicago House Furnishing Co
Princeton, W. Va
Virginia Hardware Co
Dixie Appliance CO
Roanoke
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