Billion Dollar Company List Still Growing
AP reports 34 non financial corporations have assets over one billion with Bell Telephone leading at 141% billion. Major names include AT&T Jersey Standard Oil GM US Steel Pennsylvania Railroad du Pont and others with assets and sales crossing the billion line in 1955.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Bell Telephone System
A. T. and
Jersey Standard Oil
General Motors
US Steel
Pennsylvania Railroad
du Pont
New York Central
Ford
Socony Mobil Oil
Indians Standard Oil
Pacific Gas and Electric
Gulf Oil
the Texas Company
Southern Pacific
Bethlehem Steel
Consolidated Edison
General Electric
California Standard Oil
Commonwealth Edison of Chicago
Sears Roebuck
Santa Fe Railway
Union Pacific
Union Carbide
Chrysler
Humble Oil
Jersey
American Gas and Electric
Westinghouse Electric
Baltimore and Ohio
Sinclair Oil
Shell Oil
Phillips Petroleum
Cities Service
International Harvester
Aluminum Company of America
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
The District Court in Linn County Iowa gives notice that on April 27 1956 at 9 a m a will and testament purporting to be that of Martin W Bowman late of the county deceased will be brought before the court at the Cedar Rapids Court House for proof and admission to probate Dated Cedar Rapids April 23 1956 Clerk Thurax Mear Attorney Carl Hendrickson
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O. le
Iowa
Linn County
Martin W. Bowman
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Carl Hendrickson
Notice of Appointment of Executors in Linn County Iowa
Two executors appointed in Linn County Iowa on April 23 1956 for estates of Charles Everett Elson and Robert Green Kehne. Creditors and debtors must settle with the executors and file claims with Linn County District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Charles Everett Elson
Iowa
Will and testament of Guy H Altenheim to be proved
State of Iowa Linn County District Court issues notice that the last will and testament of Guy H Altenheim, former Cedar Rapids resident, will be presented for proof and admission on the 28th day of a listed month in 1956 at 9 a.m. before the District Court at Cedar Rapids Court House. Clerk Arthur Axmear signs the notice with D H Smith as attorney.
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Arthur Axmear
D. H. Smith
Premature Absence Cited In Major 1950s TV Plans
The report notes Alcoa as a new entrant and lists Pennsylvania Railroad Westinghouse and B and O with slight asset declines. CBS signs Benny to a Shower of Stars show, with a comedy sketch where Benny attempts to persuade a younger sister about winnings. The President plans five to six nationwide telecasts not from Washington.
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Alcoa
Pennsylvania Railroad
Westinghouse
B and O
Benny
Washington
Soviet watchdog unit set up over security organs
In Moscow the presidium of the supreme Soviet created a special watchdog committee to oversee Russian security organs including the secret police. Disclosed to Western reporters in the Supreme Soviet bulletin the division in the chief prosecutor's office will supervise investigation of state security bodies, courts, and prisons to prevent past abuses as demanded by Khrushchev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
U.S
Communist Party
MVD
Khrushchev
Wilkins Denies Backing Gop In Speech
Roy Wilkins executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People denied in Chicago that his April 11 speech urged Black voters to back the Republican party. He said his remarks suggested such support only if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Republican Party
Wilkins
Fragmentary Speech Notes Spark NAACP Voter Policy Debate
Ambiguous OCR fragment cites NAACP emphasis on "if necessary" and nonpartisan policy while discussing defense of Black voters. The text mentions a patch on a speech and a Wilkins reference as a UPI report notes a suspect audience remark.
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Patch
Our Brothers
NAACP
Wilkins
United Press
Leonard Ross to Clash With Jack Benny May 10
Leonard iRoss, 10, winner of $100,000 on a TV quiz show, faces Jack Benny renowned for being frugal. The two plan a May 10 confrontation as Ross remains an expert on stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny
Hollywood
Leonard iRoss
Jack Benny
Leonard
States Talk Outside Capital Debate Sparks Campaign Talk
Delaware Ohio dispatch reports Republican National Chairman Leon Hart Hall says President Eisenhower will leave Washington for a few campaign speeches this fall. Details were not disclosed in the update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Ohio
Leonard Hall
Eisenhower
Washington
Hall
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Bell
Lloyd Elson
O'Rieley & O'Rieley
State of
Robert Greene Kehne
Robert Edward Kehne
Fred W. Hann
State of Iowa
Guy H. Altenheim
D. Cedar Rapids
H. G. Forbes
H. G. Forbes Co
Realtor Real Estate Insurance
Third Ave
Gazette
Tom Merryman
Keith Drexler
Howard Perrigo
Lowa
Mississippi
Illinois
Charles M. Goodman
AIA
Sixth Street
Hawkeye Downs
Highway 30
Lincoln Way Village
C. R. Builders, Inc
Malden
Concordia
Roanoke
Woodland
2Nd St
2Nd Ave. SE
San Antonio Proving Grounds
Shell
Shell Premium
Shell Research
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