Faubus seeks private segregated schools in Little Rock
Arkansas Governor Orval E Faubus announced a nationwide fund drive to establish private segregated schools in Little Rock. He hopes 20 000 to 30 000 donors will back a system free from federal court oversight, a pilot project to reshape the Souths education landscape. Civil defense demos in New York showcased emergency mass feeding facilities from discarded cans, including improvised kettles and decontamination methods, underscoring survival drills amid nuclear fears.
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Faubus
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Little Rock
Virginia
Fau~ Tus
Fedral Courts
South
Civil Defense
Air Force
New York
Business profits improve as 1958 outlook brightens
True recovery brings color to profits as Wall Street bulls cite rising earnings for July to September. General Electric posts a third quarter record with profits 6 percent above last year, while American Telephone & Telegraph shows gains. Utilities see higher profits from increased household demand. Commerce pegs first quarter profits at an annual rate of 15.5 billion, projecting 1958 totals around 18 billion, possibly above 1957. Textile firms like JP Stevens and Wyandotte Worsted report stronger quarters. Caterpillar and Beatrice Foods also ahead, though some laggards remain.
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New York
Wall Street Bulls
General’ Electric
American Telephone
Telegraph
Department of Commerce
JP. Stevens
Wyandotte Worsted
Indian Head Mills
Minneapolis - Moline
Weere
J. J. Case
Beatrice Foods
Safeway
Federated Department Stores
Trial Nears End In Cinder Shortage Case
The forgery trial of Vincent Swartz, 52, moves toward conclusion in Schuylkill County. Swartz faces charges of shortweighing nearly $8,000 worth of cinders delivered in McKean County. Both sides prepared summarizations as testimony closed. Swartz was the sole defense witness. He is the second man to face trial in 1956 for reducing cinder deliveries following John Harris Jr. of Prackville, who was convicted in October.
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Bmeanrui
Wari
Vincent Swartz
Swartz
McKean County
Schuylill County
Swarts
England and Germany face Czech crisis test for peace
A report from October 17 1938 notes Britain and Nazi Germany near a test on whether their Czech crisis solution will yield peace or a build up for war. In northwestern Pennsylvania heavy motor traffic is reported on Sundays with possible exception of holidays. Thomas Roelofs WPA supervisor narrowly escapes injury when his car is struck by a PRR switch engine at West Wayne and Eagle streets. car damage described.
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London
Great Britain
Nazi Germany
Pennsylvania
Thomas Roelofs
WPA
PRR
Wayne Street
Eagle Street
G. N. Jones
Fire damages old Eagle street power plant in 1918 loss set at 12000
40 Years Ago item notes an idle Eagle street electric plant burned early today with an estimated loss around 12000 dollars. Other brief items report Mr and Mrs W B E Cady and son Willard leaving on a cross country camping trip to Florida, a German prisoner named Martin Dillringer from Wrightsville, and Cleve Morton selling all interest in Palm Restaurant to Mrs Jennie Weicht.
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Electric Lght
Eagle Street
Cleve Morton
Palm
Jennie Weicht
Voice Of The People Warns Against Fire Alarm Traffic Hazards
A Utah letter from a volunteer fireman’s wife urges residents to avoid careless false alarms and traffic jams that hinder firefighters at emergencies. The note stresses danger to loved ones and calls for considerate behavior, then shifts to report that Bernie Diamond’s car was stolen with speech props but he will deliver his speech anyway.
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Raystar
Corry
Ogden
Utah
Chamber of Commerce
Bernie Diamond
Somone
Two Hollywood Mavericks Build Free-Style Studio Picture
Hollywood writers Martin Rackin and John Lee Mahin, with earnings of 1.5 million each and no maid, reject studio control. They form Machin-Rackin Productions after optioning The Horse Soldiers, bring John Ford, John Wayne, and William Holden aboard, offering hefty splits to secure directing and star power for their Civil War film project.
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Hollywood
Martin Rackin
John Lee Mahin
Free Enterprise
Mahin
Rackin
Red Skelton
Marlon Brando
Gary Cooper
Warner Brothers
John Ford
Ford
John Wayne
William Holden
Holden
Wayne
Strike Halts Capital Flights From Erie
Capital Airlines suspends all three Port Erie flights due to a mechanics strike that began yesterday morning. About 7,544 Capital employees halt operations nationwide. five Erie workers furloughed. The carrier, serving 51 eastern and midwestern cities, will have its Port Erie departures handled by other airlines until settlement. The last Erie flight departed at 0 20 p.m. yesterday.
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Erie
Capital Airlines
Capital
Port Erie
Midwest
Port Brie
Pittsburgh
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Voice of the People
Lawn Mowers
Briggs & Stratton
Clinton, Lauson and Jacobson
Small Motors
Cady & Collier
E. South St
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Goodwill Sewing Society
Mead Park Association
American Red Cross
Polio Fund
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
Erie County
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Erie Association For Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Hamot Hospital
Pennsylvania Association For the Blind
St. Mary's Geriatrics Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
Catholic Charities, Inc
Family Child Service
Erie Guidance Center
International Institute
Jewish Welfare Council
Travelers’ Aid
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Erie Infants Home and Hospital
Florence Crittenton Home
Gannondale Harborcreek Training School
St. Joseph's Home For
Sarah A. Reed Ladies Home
Erie Association For
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Warren County Girl Scouts
Tical Outdoor
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Plotum
Esque
Prac
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Pennsylvania Gas Company
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Tommy Scotts
Ozark
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Ozark Mountains
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