Music sales set to top half billion in U. S. this year
AP reports a major shift as making music grows in popularity. NA Merchants says instrument and sheet music sales may exceed 500 million dollars in 1959, a first. Piano and organ sales trend higher, while orchestras and bands expand in schools. Industry leaders cite tech gains and rising interest as key drivers.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW, York
America
National Assn. of Music Merchants
W. T. Sutherland
American Music Conference
Bloodshot eyes seek care for persistent redness
Persistent bloodshot eyes after months of symptoms merit evaluation by a clinician. An eyewash alone often does not address underlying issues such as dry eye, allergies, infection, or inflammation. Seek in-person assessment to determine cause and appropriate treatment and avoid self treatment that may worsen conditions.
TV Sets Prepare Live Seaway Coverage By Major Nets
News of the St Lawrence Seaway dedication draws network plans with Queen Elizabeth II and President Eisenhower to attend. CBS airs pre ceremony films at 10 am Eastern Daylight, ABC offers live coverage from 10 am, and NBC presents an 8 pm program using tapes and diagrams. Also notes a Gunsmoke rerun Sunday night featuring Bret Maverick against Marshal Dooley.
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Cynthia Lowrap
NEW York
Elizabeth II of
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Great
St. Lawrence Seaway
CBS
Seaway
ABC
St. Lambert Lock
Montreal
NBC
Ellery Queen
Marion Hargrove
New Kit Aids Police In Crime Probe
LOS ANGELES AP The sheriff's office unveils Identi Kit a new identification system that lets detectives assemble a suspect’s likeness in about 20 minutes from witness descriptions. Using 500 transparent film overlays each with a facial feature line drawing the method yields 62 billion possible combinations. Developed after 16 years of research by sheriff chief Hugh C. McDonald. Fifteen of New Jersey’s 21 counties have mosquito control commissions.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff's Office
Peter Pitchess
Department
Hugh C. McDonald
Death comes quietly to Miss Barrymore
Hollywood AP report says Ethel Barrymore died in her sleep at Beverly Hills home after a long illness. She was nearing 80 and will be buried at Calvary Cemetery. As last of the Barrymore acting trio, she spanned stage, film, radio and TV with a celebrated career.
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Hollywood
Calif
Teath
Ethel Barrymore
Beverly Hills
Miss Barrymore
Calvary Cemetery
John
Lionel
Jobin
Barrymores
Ethel
Pinky
New York
Ethel Barrymore Theater
Tildich Anderson
Chinese Film Star Keeps Fresh in Sun
Lisa Lu stars opposite James Stewart in The Mountain Road as a reserved yet rising leading woman in Hollywood. The interview notes her path from China to Honolulu to Monterey and Pasadena Playhouse, where she learned to shed reticence and embrace emotion.
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Bob Thomas
Apache Trail
Ariz
Arizona Sun
Compiuny
Lisa Lu
James Stewart
Danny Mann
Magnani
Italy
Anna Magnani
Lise
Hollywood
China
Honolulu
Lhea
Army Language School
Monterey
Shelling Hwang
Mann
Tawau
Pasadena Playhouse
Zoo Gorilla To Get Mates
Kansas City zoo prepares two female gorillas to join Big Man a 3 year old male at Swope Park Zoo Dr Deets Pickett to Kansas City after arriving from Cameroons Africa News notes Jungle Jeanie about 18 inches high and 23 pounds and Kerib Kile a bit larger among the six apes and three chimpanzees brought from Africa Big Man weighs about 70 pounds and will be housed in the same enclosure while the newcomers settle in
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Kansas City
Sion
Swope Park Zoo
Deets Pickett
New York
Cameroons
Kerib Kile
Big Man
International Wheat Group To Furnish Export Guide
The Inter development activities of the national Wheat Utilization Committee will refer non commercial wheat export guidelines to member countries. The group aims to expand use of wheat to aid needy regions under food for peace programs while keeping commercial exports available. efforts to prevent displacement of peaceful sales abroad will be emphasized. The committee includes officials from the United States, Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, and other nations and plans to meet again in the fall or spring to discuss foreign markets and development aid. The article also notes a related baseball update on rookie Vada Pinson and a Seattle trial, but these items are not central to the export guide report.
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Washington
Com
United States
Tor
Benson
Arto Economic Development
Gemlina
Australia
Canada
France
reGuyaf Agriculture Barn
Taft Venson
Vada Pinson
Cincinnati
Pacific Coast League
Seattle
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New Kit
New Jersey
Bure
Wren Studio
Kodak Movie
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Kodek
N. Main
Garden City, Kansas
Nodak
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