Life and Times of Mary Ellen Schwemp
A satirical profile hints Slim Sainner in Ottumwa Iowa and the social circle of Jeff Harrison. The piece critiques model canards and romantic pursuit through a fictionalized chronicle ending with Slim and Jeff’s dinner scenes, blurred by deception and flirtation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Schwemp
Slim Sainner
Very
Model
Ottumwa
Iowa
Jeff Harrison
Slim Skmnner
Slim
Jeff
Battery
Jef
Group insurance's rise from small start to American staple
A UPI review traces the origins of group life insurance from Equitable’s 1911 Passaic plan covering 121 Pantasote Leather workers to Montgomery Ward’s 1912 rollout for 2,900 staff. By 1960 group life claims topped $1.1 billion and health benefits over $2 billion, shaping modern fringe benefits and labor talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Passaic
N. J
Equitable Life Assurance Society
U. S
Pantasote Leather Co
Montgomery Ward & Co
Ward's
New Jersey
Ward
Group Life
Equitable
Standard Query
Henry Pagell
Wall Street charter eyes August rally despite June dip
A UPI digest notes more than even odds for a higher August market with a track record of summer rallies since 1897. Spear & Staff highlights the Dow Jones pattern while Laidlaw & Co. weighs Du Pont and GM divestment timing. KEF Hutton cites strong charts for Bell Howell Newport News Shipbuilding and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Spear & Staff, Inc
Roger Spear
Joseph E. Granville
KEF Hutton & Co
Bell & Howell
Newport News Shipbuilding
Northrop
White Motor
Hunt Foods
McCall Corp
Mergenthaler
Carry Back Eyes Belmont Stakes Triple Crown Bid
Carry Back targets the Belmont Stakes to complete the triple crown after wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. At least six rivals are named including Hitting Away Bal Musette Flutterby Dr Miller Guadalcanal and Sherlock, with Ambro Poise possible if Robert Lehman enters his colt after a Jersey Derby win. Carry Back sits as odds-on favorite to join Citation as the ninth to sweep the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Carry Back
Bal Musette
Flutterby
Dr. Miller
Guadalcanal
Sherlock
Belmont Park
Robert Lehman
Ambropoise
Garden State
Lehman
Citation
Texas Heat Wave Tops 100 Across Cities
Thunderstorms continued with record heat as Presidio reached 106 degrees and Lubbock 101 while Wink 100 and Wichita Falls 99. The coolest 82 at Galveston. Temperatures over the next five days expected near normal in the south and 2 to 4 degrees above normal in the north. Precipitation forecast from none to light in the south to 1.5 inches in the northeast, with scattered storms weekend and midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presidio
Lubbock
Wink
Wichita Falls
Galveston
Weather Bureau
Proposals to Solve Automation Challenges in Industry
The piece outlines labor and management views on automation after World War II. It notes automation’s potential to dislocate workers, stresses retraining and shorter work weeks, and supports higher education and higher minimum wages to expand jobs and economic demand. It discusses union strategies and federal roles in training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Caute
United Press International
Detroit
UPI
Russia
Kennedy
Congress
Army Spends $5 to Save 4 in Japan
In Tokyo the U S Army in Japan follows a gold conservation policy that forbids bids unless prices are 25 percent under American cost. The measure, aimed at cutting overseas outlays, has eliminated Japanese suppliers from military markets and raised costs by about 25 cents per dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UIT
U.S
Japan
Asia
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Western
Pacific
Washington
United States
U.S. Army Procurement Agency
Judge Warns of Penalties as Freedom Riders Depart
Judge Johnson warned that further mob violence will trigger federal penalties, while a new group of Freedom Riders left Montgomery for Jackson. The court issued a 10 day injunction blocking Negro ministers and groups promoting integration from sponsoring interstate travel to test racial laws. Leaders named include Roy Shuttlesworth, Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Wyatt Walker, and Solomon Seay Sr. Police and Klansmen named in the case were ordered to refrain from interference as the Riders bought supplies at the terminal lunch counter before departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Federal
Atlanta
Freedom Riders
Montgomery
Jackson
Miss Bans Ride
Congress of Racial Equality
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Montgomery Jail Association
Nashville
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Birmingham
Martin Luther King Jr
Solomon S. Seay Sr
Ralph Abernathy
Wyatt Tee Walker
L. B. Sullivan
G. J. Ruppenthal
Alvin C. Horne
Talladega
Alabama Knights
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Bobby Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Claude Henley
Thurmond Dutz
U.S. Marshal
Justice Department
John Doar
Civil Rights Division
Calvin Whitesell
Core
Jack
Ex President Attacks Big Government and Power Concentration
The ex president denounces government by big brother and opposition to power concentration in Washington. He cites excessive public housing, public power, and federalized youth programs as proof, urging fiscal responsibility amid rising expenditures and spending other people's money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
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NEA, Tre
Lester Arno
Financial Review
By Jesse Sogue
UPI Financial Editor
Sylvania
Smith -Corona
Smith- Corona
Smith-Corona
Sterling
Childress
Texas
Wall Street Charter
du Pont
International Statistical Bureau, Inc
Boeing
Federated Department Stores
Radio Corp. of America
International Business Machines
Amerada
Fairchild Camera
Oance
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Organized Labor
Freeport
Tex
Angletox
Raymond Jones
Lloyd's Electric
Lloyd Walkup
Lloyd’s Electric
Avenue D
Walkup
Grady Clifton
Robert C. Miller
Son
Mitchell-Goodwin
Good Lumber
Ave. A
Stahl’s
W. O. Stahl
Call Stahl’s
Sheet Metal Shop
12Th St. Nw
Plause
Boyd Potts
City Radio
Lloyd's
Ave. D. N
WWE
Elliott Drug
Rucker Shopping Village
F, NW
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