Refugees Flown to U S as Opera tion Safe Haven Begins
About 200 Hungarian refugees arrived at McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey marking the start of Operation Safe Haven. Four American planes carried the group to Camp Kilmer after a Munich departure, with 9 700 more refugees expected by December 31 by air and the rest by ship.
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Mcguire Air Force Base
N.J
United States
Air Force
Camp Kilmer
Tracy S. Voorhees
Eisenhower
Voorhees
Wayne Dumont Jr
New Jersey
Frank Thompson
Harmon Field
Nild
Munich
Austria
International Council of European Migration
Nash Jewelry ad touts 37 years of service and savings
An advertisement proclaims 37 years in business for Nash Jewelry Co. at 127 N. Main Street. It promises customers unlimited confidence and “Nash Saves You Cash” while inviting price comparisons.
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Nash
Nash Jewelry Co
N. Main Street
Sears
Two Steel Firms Propose Merger Ahead of DOJ Action
Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube announce a stock swap merger forming a firm with about 2.5 billion dollars in assets. The Justice Department vows to seek a court injunction to block the deal citing antitrust concerns. Capacity totals place the new entity behind U S Steel.
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New York
United States
Justice Department
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Bethlehem
Youngstown
Washington
Herbert Brownell
Justice
Eugene G. Grace
J. L. Mauthe
U. S. Steel
Grace and
Mauthe
Bethlehem and
City Has Money On Hand In Harlan Kentucky
City officials report a treasury balance over 40000 dollars as of December 1 with no outstanding bills. The council votes to cut privilege license costs by ten percent except for pinball machines and automobiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Vicar Unfrocked After Running Off With Wealthy Woman
Chester report states Philip St John Wilson Ross, former vicar of Woodford, was unfrocked by a consistory court for grave scandal and deposed from all clerical offices. Ross, 52, disappeared in 1955 after clothes were found on a Welsh beach and was later found living with a wealthy British woman in Switzerland.
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Chester
England
Church of England
Philip St. John Wilson Ross
Woodford
Ross
Wales
Switzerland
Mixed Stock Market With Aircraft Gains And Steel Losses
The stock market opened irregularly higher but faded. Aircraft shares led gains with Chance Vought and Lockheed up, while Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown fell after announcing a merger opposed by the Justice Department, signaling possible legal wrangles.
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Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown
Justice Department
Bethlehem
Republic
U.S. Steel
Chance Vought
Lockheed
Boeing
Douglas
Glenn L. Martin
Allied Chemical
du Pont
Gulf Oil
Texas Co
Business boom faces tests as shoppers weigh prospects
Two chief supports of the postwar boom enter testing periods. Consumer spending drives prosperity while business expansion powers growth. Merchants and automakers await Christmas sales mood to gauge if demand remains strong or plans fade. Officials eye early 1957 data for spending records and future investment, with questions on whether expansion nears a peak.
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New York
Washington
Commerce Department
Securities and Exchange Commission
Dow Jones Averages and Market Figures
Financial update showing Dow Jones Averages with prior noon and close values for the 80 industrials 490.22 to 490.36, utilities 67.69 to 65, and stocks 172.33 to 171.84, plus trading volume figures of 520000 to 2210000. The data is furnished by Bache & Co. and includes several indices and volume ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bache & Company
American Can Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
Adams-Millis Corp
American Tobacco Co
the Borden Co
Bethlehem Steel
Burlington Mills Corp
Chrysler Corp
New York Central RR
Cone Mills Corp
Carolina Light & Power
Aircraft
DuPont de Nemours
Dow Chemical
Eastern Airlines
Consolidated Edison
Eastman Kodak
Greyhound Corp
General Dynamics
General Electric
Gulf Oil
General Motors
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
International Harvesters
International Tel. & Tel
Standard Oil Co
Jones Laughlin Steel
Johns Manville
Loew's Inc
Norfolk & Western Ry
Phillips Petroleum
Pennsylvania Railway
Pepsi-Cola
Proctor & Gamble
Reynolds Tobacco
Republic Steel
Clashes Flare as Hungary Braces After General Strike
Radio appeals for normalcy cite Kadar warning that daily strike cost 300 million forints. Premier vows to crush foes after Oct 23 uprising while martial law remains. Thousands abandon work as power plants run and Budapest factories close amid cannon fire near Gellert Hill.
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Kadar
Red Army
Budapest
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Redcliff
Ironstone
China
Town & Country Shop
High Point
Thomasville
Deon
Sly, Co
New Jewelers
E. Washington St
Liberal Credit
Tion
Sinclair
Royal Dutch
Hiram Walker
National Distillers
American Smelting
Anaconda
Illinois Central
Associated Press
Business Mirror
By Sam Dawson
Rue
Main St
Dow-Jones
Bache & Co
John T. Ellis & Co
S. Main St
YMCA
Ladies’ Fine Apparel
Y.M.C.A
Pegram
Burton
N. H. Silver, Inc
Hungary
Gellert Hill
Sara
Welty
Jewelers
By Freeman
Freeman
Freeman and Nettleton Shoes
Wright
N. Main St
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