Remembering Black Tuesday the 1929 stock market crash
New York traders recall October 29 1929 when 16.4 million shares flooded the market and prices collapsed. Lemuel A. Lewis then supervised a New York brokerage office and described a chaotic tape and prices fading to nothing as panic spread amid the onset of the Great Depression.
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New York
Lemuel A. Lewis
Lewis
Greeley Arcade
H. Hentz & Co
General Electric
American Telephone & Telegraphs
Stock Exchange
Fred Brenner
Brenner
Lewis Raabin
Hentz
New York Rubber Exchange
Raabin
OEO Discrimination Charges Upheld Against Regional Office
A federal review board upheld charges of racial and sexual discrimination by Henrietta M. Canty against the regional U S Office of Economic Opportunity in Atlanta. The panel recommended retroactive pay and promotion for Canty, who filed the complaint February 5, 1968, alleging biased job ratings and promotion decisions during her three years as a management information systems specialist.
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Atlanta, Ga
U.S
Sparta CMA To Install New Pastor Friday
The Spartansburg Missionary and Alliance Church will install Rev. Larry L. Mattox and his family as pastor this Friday at 7 30 p.m. Rev. Norwood Futrell will speak. Mattox comes from Egypt and Croft PA churches where he served since 1967, born in Paoli IN, Nyack College graduate 1967. The Mattox family includes four children David Sherri Dawn and Joy. A reception will be held later.
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Spartansburg
Missionary and Alliance Church
Larry L. Mattox
Deanna
Sparta
Norwood Futrell
Mattox
Egypt and Croft
Missionary and Alliance Churches
Paoli
Indiana
Nyack Missionary College
Nyack
N.Y
David
Sherri
Dawn
Joy
Gentle Ben Invited to Fort Lauderdale Celebrity Party
Gov Claude Kirk invites Gentle Ben the TV bear to a November 5 celebrity party in Fort Lauderdale hosted by the Florida Council of 100. The invitation promises cocktails and hors d oeuvres from 6 30 to 9 30 p m and notes the event will feature nationally known personalities.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Gentle Ben
Fort Lauderdale
Gentle
Claude Kirk
Florida Council of 100
GE Seeks Court Stop to Mass Picketing at Plant
General Electric asks a court for an injunction to limit mass picketing at the Lawrence Park plant by about 5,300 striking workers. Judge Lindley R. McClelland scheduled a hearing after denying an early injunction without a hearing.
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Equity
Erie County
New Plane Tops 1 000 MPH In Test
At Edwards AFB California the HL10 lifting body lifted from a B52 at 45 000 feet rose to 60 000 feet and glided to the desert simulating a shuttle return from orbit reaching 1056 miles per hour. The three ton wingless rocket craft aims to provide lift without wings during rapid space reentries.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
California
Israelis vote amid guard in Jerusalem municipal and national race
In Jerusalem Arab voters crossed into the Jewish sector to cast ballots as Israel held general elections watched by heavy security. Police guarded polling stations while civil defense checked bags and border voters used bulletproof boxes. Military reports said Israeli jets struck Egyptian positions near the Gulf of Suez as fighting along Jordan Valley continued.
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Jerusalem
Old Jerusalem
Israel
Holy City
Jordan
Amul
Golda Meir
Labor
Laborites
Gahal Party
Suez Canal
Jordan Valley
Gahal
Mrs. Meir
Mapai Party
Yigal Allon
Abdut Ha'avodah
Moshe Dayan
Rafi
Mapam
David Ben-Gurion
Mapai
Gulf of Suez
Sea of Galilee
Yarmuk River
Sea of Gallilee
May Survey Death Scene To Find Owner
Warren borough manager Frank Strange said determining borough ownership of the eastside land where 14 year old William Kohler was crushed by a falling rock will take a survey. Kohler was digging for arrowheads in an abandoned gravel pit when the rock fell. Residents had previously asked for cleanup years ago.
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Warren
Frank Strange
William Kohler
Edward Kohler
Strange
Jailed For Calling Policeman Pig
Frank Peak Jr. was sentenced to 30 days in jail after calling Officer Samuel Lee Jr. a pig in public. Lee testified he was off duty in uniform when the argument occurred. Peak denied using the term pip.
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MAHA
Neb
D. B. Anderson
Frank Peak, Jr
Samuel Lee Jr
Peak
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OEO
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Ben
Desmond Electric Company Electrical Contracting
George Gage
The
Art Mart
Harry Hotchkiss
Columbus
Andy
Andy Hanisek
Lever
Firestone
Firestone Town & Country
Fiteed
Firartona
Firestone Dealers
Barney's
South Center Strees
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