Stocks Rise Again as Aircraft Lead Market Gains
New York stocks advanced for the second straight session with brisk afternoon trading led by aircraft issues. Major groups including steels motors railroads oils radio-televisions chemicals and rubbers posted gains of 1 to 3 points while losses were minimal. U S Steel rose on news of expanded capacity as 2,540,000 shares changed hands today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S. Steel
Bache & Ane American Can Co
Allied Chemical
American Tobacco Co
The
Borden Co
Jones Laughlin Steel
Loew's Inc
Norfolk & Western Ry
Phillips Petroleum
Pennsylvania Railway
Pepsi-Cola
Proctor & Gamble
Reynolds Tobacco
Republic Steel
Explosions Kill One Firefighter at United Oil Refining Plant
A series of blasts at the United Oil Refining Co plant in Warren, Pennsylvania killed Hartwell Willey, about 55, and injured 10 others including a Warren police guard and two nonfiremen. The fire began at 3:40 a.m. and was controlled by 5:30 a.m. with bricks and debris showering nearby workers.
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Warren
United Oil Refining Co
Hartwell Willey
Warren Hospital
David Brown
Janestown
N.Y
Morning Sun
Philip Coyle
Brown
Coyle
Paratrooper Missing After Cascade Bailout Sighting
Efforts to find Fort Bragg paratrooper John Horan stepped up after a bonfire sighting on a ridge near the Columbia River. Snow and ski teams, Air Force planes, and sheriff's deputies searched as weather hampered the effort. Horan's wife and three children waited in Seattle.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Cascade Mountains
Columbia River
John H. Horan
Maynard
Mass
Air Force
Northwest Orient Airlines
Horan
Ft. Breet
Seattle
Sepatiens
Far East
Cascades
Larson Air Force Base
Sundayan
Red Cross
Pretty Fresno Housewife Accused in Husband’s Death
Barbara Schattinger 27 told deputies she beat husband James 28 with a pipe during a Friday midnight argument. She wrapped his nude body in a closet and remained by for five days before investigators uncovered the scene in their gaily decorated duplex. She was booked on suspicion of murder.
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Fresno
Calif
Melvin Willmirth
Barbara Schattinger
James
Schattinger
Katy
PILL UP A CHAIR AND OTHER QUIRKS OF DAILY LIFE
A slice of midcentury trivia and oddities covers consumer tastes from peas and strawberries to canned goods and tomato juice prices in pharmacies. It notes DIY paint usage, a grandmother studying the Bible, a Franklin building sign, deer collision deaths in New Hampshire, and humorous historical curiosities on elections, synonyms, and phrases like I felt like 30 cents.
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New York
Philadelphia
Buffalo Courier-Express
Bobby
Franklin
N. H
Kansas
New Hampshire
Noah Webster
Hooligan
Southwark
London
Happy Hooligan
Case Involves Two Cats And Empty Kitty
In Louisville municipal court Mrs. R Shepherd of Bedford Kentucky faced a worthless check charge after writing a 25 dollar check to buy two Persian cats. Her husband pulled funds from the bank but the check bounced when the seller tried to cash it. The judge issued a security warrant and she was placed on bond for six months.
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Louisville
R. Shepherd
Bedford
Bera Secuskie
Peter B. Muir
Shepherd
Malaya Tin Industry Seeks New Mineral-Rich Areas
Experts warn that the tin mining industry in Malaya faces an urgent need to locate new tin-bearing regions to replace exhausted or near exhaustion zones.
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Malaya
Country Editor quips on youngsters and worn shoes
A playful remark from the country editor notes that young people today progress with nimble feet and wear out shoes twice as fast as their ancestors.
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Sears Roebuck
J. P. Stevens Co
American Tel. & Tel
the Texas Co
Union Carbide & Carbon
United Aircraft Corp
Westinghouse Electric Co
U. S. Steel
Saw Sheet & Tube
F. W. Woodsworth Co
Belks
Coro
Susan Stroller
Roy Rogers
Merry Maker
Archdale
Belk-Beck CO
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
United States
Teddy Roosevelt
Wiliam Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Taft
Wilson
Roosevelt
Security Patrol Service, Inc
Jack S. Davis
General QD Electric
Zett
N. Main ST
Bartones
M. B
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