Market Closing Signals Mixed Stocks and Livestock Activity
New York markets show mixed close with upturns in many issues while aviation and rail firms fluctuate. Local produce prices lift modestly with notable listings in eggs and dairy, and Wichita livestock reports reflect steady cattle and variable hog prices amid light demand.
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New York
Lindh Produce Co
Airlin Advancement
Lasseter
Atchison Digi
Garden City
Boeing Air
Farmara
Chrysler
C. Christopher & Co. du Pont
Ansas City
Dynam U ‘elMay
Goodyear
U Mi
Elec
Chicago Corn
Gen Motors
Gulf Oil
Chicago
Kan P&l
Mont Ward
Mar
NY Central
Dwl
Ohio
Olim
Penney JC
Chicago Rye Phil
Pet
Proct & G
RCA
Reyn
US Steel Westy el - D
Woolworth
Wheat Dips as Government Estimate Boosts Grain Losses
Wheat futures slid about two cents a bushel on liquidation sparked by a 1956 winter wheat production estimate that may be 4 percent above last year. Corn, oats, rye and soybeans moved mixed as open interest and weekly purchases showed varied demand. Kansas City grain and livestock quotes reflected pressure on wheat, with cattle, hogs, and sheep trading mixed to firmer for some classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Kansas City
Dry Ice To Steer Hurricanes In Experiments
Washington Weather Bureau plans to use dry ice feeding to alter hurricane paths next year. Robert Simpson, head of a new study group on hurricane development, outlined the idea to the Washington Meteorological Society. If effective, the method could divert a hurricane from populated areas or keep it from land entirely.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Washington Meteorological Society
Robert Simpson
Simpson
Explosion Levels Duplex Near MGM Studio in Culver City
A gas leak caused a powerful dawn explosion in a Culver City duplex near MGM studios, injuring five people with one serious. Windows cracked up to a half mile, neighbor Mrs Spojin jolted from her home as resident James P. Bouldin, 62, awoke to smelled gas and sought the source, saying the floor rose and struck him. He suffered a possible hip fracture.
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Culver City
Calif
MGM Studio
Tie Spojin
James P. Bouldin
Poice
Missing Greenlease ransom money found in Ohio
FBI agent in charge confirms the first of the missing Greenlease ransom bills, $10 from the $600,000 sum, was recovered in East Palestine Ohio. A local bookkeeper for an automobile firm discovered the bill. The remaining 83 bills have surfaced in towns across the country.
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ST. Louis
East Palestine
Ohio
J. Earl Milnes
FBI
Mildred 2S
New Home Surprise For Desrosiers Family At Christmas
LEWISTON MAINE Anonyous donors provided Julian A Desrosiers 28 his wife and six children with a fully furnished renovated six room home. Former Mayor Louis P Gagne of Le Mesager presented the key. The family, expecting a ninth child, had lived in a two room shack with a millhand father earning only the bare necessities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Maine
Julian A. Desrosiers
Louis P. Gagne
le Mesager
Desrosiers
Gagne
Destrosiers
Paign
Destosiers
Ford Stock Demand High Affects Ford Share Offering
Police investigate a theft at Copeland Rooms on South Main as Ruby Hall reports cash, three rings and a wedding band taken from her apartment. The Stock story notes Ford Motor Co plans to offer 10.2 million shares next month, with Jan. 18 tentatively set for the sale and heavy investor interest anticipated in the over the counter market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copeland
South Main
Ruby Hall
New York
Ford Motor Co
Milion
Wall Street
Judge Dismisses Writ After Christmas Card Request
A Missouri Circuit Judge Sam C. Blair was surprised to receive a Christmas card from inmate J. Johnson at Missouri State Penitentiary. Johnson had penciled a plea for writ of habeas corpus on the card but Blair denied the writ, showing no mercy in the appeal.
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Jefferson City
Sam C. Blair
Missouri State Penitentiary
J. Johnson
Blair
Tiny Photo Plane Made For Front Line Use
In VAN NUYS California a 12 foot radio controlled drone for front line aerial surveys of enemy positions has been developed by Radioplane Co a subsidiary of Northrop Aircraft Inc The tiny plane reaches 227 mph and can be recovered intact by parachute The firm says it is designed for short range reconnaissance with potential for higher speed and longer range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Nuys
Calif
Northrop Aircraft, Inc
Radioplane Co
Wichita Levee Work Bid By Great Bend Firm
Army engineers reported Charles Hulme of Great Bend Kansas had the apparent low bid of 242005 for construction of levee closures tied to the Wichita and Valley Center floodway project on the Arkansas River near Wichita.
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Tulsa
W—Army Enginers
Charles Hulme
Great Bend
Kas
Wichita and Valley Center
Arkansas River
Wichita
Four Die in an Apartment Fire in Brooklyn
Four people perished in an eight-family Brooklyn building blaze caused by a cigarette dropped into a wastepaper basket with Christmas wrappings. Among the dead were 82-year-old Margaret Murphy and 13-year-old Julia Hynes, who was carried down by firefighter Edward Douds as flames leaped. Ten residents were rescued by ladders, many from the third floor, including the injured girl who clutched her rescuer before the flames overwhelmed them.
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New York
Brooklyn
Margaret Murphy
Gir
Julia Hynes
Edward Douds
Admittances Discharges Births In Garden City Area
Hospital and police briefs from Garden City list admissions including May Nolan Wichita, Charles Cochran Dighton, Dreiling 712 Bancroft, Sumatre Eminence Route, Bencini 1209 Old Manor, Raley Box 865 Garden City, Mader 809 Bancroft and Wilbur Galliart 616 Olive. Discharges include W. Bachman Garden Dale, Glen Daniels Holcomb, Leslie Joss Holcomb and Gary Salyer 1012 Main. Birth reports Art St. Catherine and Mrs Donald Morrell Pierceville welcome a 6 lb 5 oz son born at 5 24 p m Wednesday. Police briefs note a collision at Eighth and Pine involving Geneva Mulch and William Willinger with minor damage. County briefs show reciprocal enforcement cases, speeding and illegal passing charges with $15 bonds or fines.
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May Nolan
Wichita
Charles Cochran
Dighton
James Dreiling
Bancroft
Urban Sumatre
Denzel Bencini
Old Manor
George Raley
Garden City
Joseph Mader
Wilbur Galliart
Olive Hospital
W. 4. Bachman
Gardendale
Glen Daniels
Holcomb
Leslie Joss
Gary Salyer
Main
Dan Ens
Art St
Wichita Man Charged Over New U S Army Submachinegun
Salt Lake City authorities identified 21 year old Thomas Aivin Cox after a new type U S Army submachinegun was found in his car yesterday. He was arrested and charged with violation of the Dyer Act as the vehicle was reported stolen in Amarillo Texas. Officials said the loaded weapon was a lesser model not in general use.
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Salt Lake City
FBI
Thomas Aivin Cox
Amarillo
Tex
Lincoln City Forester Charged With First Degree Murder
Lincoln City Forester Darrel Parker, 24, was charged with first degree murder in the strangulation death of his wife Nancy Parker, 22, on Dec. 14. Parker allegedly strangled her after she resisted advances, then staged a scene to mislead investigators. Nancy Parker's body was found in a bed at their home.
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Lincoln
Ned
Lancaster
Elmer Scheele
Lincoln City
Darrel Parker
Parker
Nancy
Scheele
Nebraska
State Capitol
White Man Free In Murder Case Acquittal Shocks Northumberland
In Heathsville Virginia an all white male jury acquitted 44 year old Tra D Hinton Jr of murdering Howard Bromley a 23 year old Negro laborer after a Nov 5 argument at Hinton’s country store near the Northumberland Lancaster line in the Northern Neck. Prosecution evidence showed three bullets struck Bromley from behind as he fled.
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Heathsville
Northumberland County
Tra D. Hinton Jr
Howard Bromley
Hinton
Bromley
Northumberland
Lancaster County
Neck
Virginia
Court Suit Filed After A Forced Derby Marriage
A 20 year old Derby woman Sharon Boucher also known as Sharon Stott filed in Sedgwick County District Court to set aside her Dec 3 marriage to Carl Stott claiming coercion by her parents Roy and Sharon Boucher and threats and physical violence to compel her to wed.
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Wichita i
Derby, Kas
Sedgwick County
Sharon Boucher
Sharon Stott
Carl Stott
Roy Boucher
Derbby
Stott
Prison official names impostor Canadian surgeon
Huntsville Texas prison boss identifies an employee as an imposter Canadian physician who performed major surgery on the Korean front. The man, age 36, left after a confrontation over a magazine article about Ferninand Waldo DeMara Jr, aka Dr Joseph C Cyr, a Canadian armed forces surgeon.
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Huntsville
Tex
C. B. Ellis
Texas
Ellis
Ferninand Waldo DeMara, Jr
Joseph C. Cyr
Peabody University of Nashville
Tenn
University of Texas
Georgia
License Change for Hutch Station Okayed
The Communications Commission authorized assignment of the KWHK Hutchinson Kansas license from KWHK Broadcasting Co. Inc to KWHK Inc with John D Hill as president, for a consideration of 75000 dollars.
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Hutch Station
Washington
the Communications Commission
KWHK
Hutchinson
Kas
Kwhk Broadcasting Co. ,Inc
Kwhk Inc
John D. Hill
Salina Firm Low Bidder On Air Base Project
Salina firm Jarvis Construction Co. had the apparent low bid of 174,482 dollars for an addition to the armaments and electronics building at Smoky Hill Air Force Base Salina. Seven other bids were opened by Col. E C Adams district Army engineer. Government estimate was 184,802 dollars.
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Kansas City
Jarvis Construction Co
Salina
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
E. C. Adams
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Greenlease
Pes Rena
Curtin Stadton New
Garden City Zoo
Bill Stark
Dodge City
Jim Sloan
Sloan
Dodge
Ford
Chamber of Commerce
Securities of Exchange Commission
Eileen L. Billings Falke
Alva Price Billings
Judy Wise
Ivan Wayne Wise
Robert Karl Ogden
Louis J. Pracht, Jr
Emil John Schram
Craig
Cole
Roy Bell Freeman
Floyd A. Cash
Liberal
Wichitan
Fresno
Melvin Wilmirth
Barbara Schattinger
James
Schattinger
Kathy
Chapman Paint Store
Jack
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Julius & Roy
Lairds Barber Shop
Bryant
Chrysler Airtemp
Prairie Gas & Equip. Co., Inc
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