Economy Roars Into Summer With Record Momentum
AP reports a strong economy as summer begins with auto sales rising and gains across retail sectors. Textiles plan longer operations, aluminum output grows, Great Lakes shippers forecast freight boom, and stock and bond markets rise. Ford's Hitchings lifts 1959 target while Chevy introduces the Corvair. A steel strike threat looms with wage disputes and potential industry-wide shutdowns.
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Walter Breede JR
NEW York
Great Lakes
America
New York Stock Exchange
Chevy
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors Crop
Ward
Automotive Reports
Garden City notes 75th church anniversary and local items
A reader notes Garden City Christian Church history booklet covering 1884 to 1959 for its 75th anniversary and praises those who produced it. Local jests and notices follow about outfits, a barber shop owner recovering from illness, and light commentary on civic events and sports. Rioters in Nicaragua cited with a playful avocado remark.
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Garden City
Walt Colby
Tommy Graves
O. K
Walt
Game Warden Confrontation Over Illegal Fishing
In St Charles Missouri Earl Mosier told a man at the Alton Dam not to worry about the game warden. Fred Shaw, a county conservation agent, identified himself and inspected Mosier’s tackle. Mosier refused a look at his equipment and was fined fifty dollars plus costs. A lookout fined ten dollars for aiding the operation and a note mentions Kansas Centennial plans involving county fairs for 1961.
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St, Charles, Mo
Earl. Mosier
St,. Louis
Alton Dam
Mosier
Fred Shaw
St. Charles County
Magistrate’s Court
St. Charles
Train Smash At Ellinwood Kansas
A freight train rear-ended a stationary freight near Ellinwood depot, derailing 12 cars and tearing up 200 feet of track. Fireman Ray Bowen 19 was hospitalized with a minor head wound after jumping from the diesel cab. Santa Fe officials said the track would be out for two days. The moving 119-car train ran from Dodge City to Newton. the other was to Emporia.
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Ellinwood
Kas
Ray Bowen
Santa Fe
C. A. Nixon
Dodge City
Newton
Emporia
Bowen
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F. W. Dodge Corp
Dodge
American Bankers' Assn
George P. Hitchings
Ford Motor Co
United States
Hitchings
Detroit
Chevrolet
United Steelworkers of America
By Jim Sloan
Bob Wright
Howard Chappel
The
Telephone Company
V. P
Nicaragua
Garden City Jayced B-rays
Yanks
Marmaduke
Sohn F. Bitte Ca Hea
Weldon
E. Chostaur
Insurance Board
McAlister Fitzgerald Lumber Company
W. Fulton
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