Turbulent first half of 1962 rewrites merger climate
AP analyzes six months of 1962 showing government business clashes over steel price plans and antitrust actions, a volatile stock market, labor wage debates, and a wave of merger plans across railroads airlines and banks. Industrial production rose slowly while unemployment fell only gradually and consumer prices peaked before easing in May.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
Kennedy
Steel furnaces produce record ninth year output in 1960
The United States steel furnaces poured 99,281,601 tons of ingots and steel castings in 1960, the sixth highest annual output in history per a report from the American Iron and Steel Institute.
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American Iron and Steel Institute
Anchoring TV News Seen as Complex Role
NBC central reporter Frank McGee explains anchoring goes beyond reading a script. The anchor guides program flow, shapes editorial content, and provides background before the on scene reporter takes over. McGee, in his early forties, moved from newspapers to broadcasting after studying speech at the University of California.
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NBC
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The
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Parker to Trade In His Buckskins
Hollywood star Fess Parker plans a career image shift from Davy Crockett to a Washington style role in a new TV series titled Mr Smith Goes to Washington He will star as a crisper contemporary senator in a situation comedy that uses government as a backdrop Parker remains devoted to his fans and the legacy of Davy Crockett while pursuing a new frontier in television production
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