Market Leaders Show Mixed Gains Across Major Firms
A digest of closing figures lists numerous American firms with varied percentage changes. Notable movers include American Can up 42 percent, Bethlehem Steel up 38, DuPont 175, Dow Chemical 56, U S Steel 58, and United Aircraft 55. Other names show smaller shifts or declines across the roster.
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Jones Laughlin Steel
Johns Manville
Loew's Inc
Norfolk & Western Rwy
Phillips
Pennsylvania Railway
PepsiCola
Reynolds Tobacco
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Southern Rwy
J. P. Stevens Co
American Tel. & Tel
the Texas Co
V Carbide & Carbon
United Aircraft Corp
U. S&. Steel
What the Sex Manuals Don’t Tell You Reader’s Digest Ad
An anxious wife and hidden worries are described as the book claims. The March issue promises practical guidance and exposes gaps in sex manuals. The ad invites readers to pick up March Reader’s Digest at newsstands.
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Adv
Student in Kansas Shoots Self After School Troubles
In Shawnee Mission Bligh High School English class Larry Yeakle, 17, shot himself in his bedroom after writing a note to his father about car disposition and bills. He mentioned school troubles and "no possible future." Teacher Loren Simpson quipped about Walden Pond. Local coroner cited a personal safety related wound.
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Mission, Kan
Shawnee Mission Bligh School
Walden Pond
E. B. White
Larry P. Yeakle
Larry
R. D. Grayson
Donald N. Yeakle
Weather Control Inquiry Requested
Senator Bridges calls for an early inquiry by a Senate committee into weather control research seen as potentially within reach He warns that mastery of weather could become a powerful weapon for peace or war and cites possible Russian misuse if the United States loses the advantage.
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Washington
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Committee
Television Schedule Summary
Channel listing for Thursday shows programs across channels including Tales of Poindexter Art of Living Report Survival and final editions with sign off details for WUNC TV Chapel Hill and Channel 4 Testament and Ideas slots.
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Wunc-Tv
Chapel Hill
Channel 4
Testament
Dow Jones Averages Mixed in Parched Market Notes
The data shows industrials around 498.05 with sparse figures for the Dow Jones averages. The page lists unsettled readings for several ticker groups including rail stocks and others, with inconsistent OCR rendering complicating precise values and company names.
GE abandons fair trade fight in front pages of fair trade debate
General Electric suspends enforcement of fixed resale prices on most small home appliances, excluding flash bulbs, after costly court battles. The move follows years of disputes over fair trade laws now in 32 states and growing pressure for a federal standard.
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World Turer
General Electric
Congress
National Assn. of
Fees
Fair Trade
Vermont
Texas
Missouri
District of Columbia
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Masters Mail Order Co
Washington
Westinghouse
Estinghouse
Honey menu spotlight at Weslaco luncheon
At a Weslaco luncheon the menu featured honey coated chicken honey cookies hot bread and a honey drink. Sponsors were the Valley Beekeepers Assn highlighting honey's role in the event.
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Weslaco
Tex.p
the Valley Bee Keepers Assn
Kohler Charges Aired in 3 Year Strike Dispute
Testimony in the Kohler strike dispute pits UAW blame on violence amid a 3 percent wage dispute. Former official Goldwater and UAW leader Reuther clash publicly over alleged picket line violence. Nonstrikers accuse Kin Ferrazza of assault while union officials dispute these claims and defend heavy picketing around the plant.
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UAW
Cmpany
Goldwater
Reuther
Jess Ferrazza
Emil Mazey
Ferrazza
Harold Jacobs
Jacobs
Theodore Mosch
Mosch
Allan Grarkamp
Graskamp
Oostdyk
Exchange Visits Urged to Improve U S Soviet Ties
Menshikov urged reciprocal travel and exchange visits to ease tensions between the United States and Russia. He called for normalizing economic relations with mutually advantageous trade and listed potential Russian exports and desired U S commodities. He praised positive receptions from U S officials and anticipated lifting travel restrictions to improve understanding.
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Menshikov
United States
Russia
U.S
Curb Placed On Georgia Tech Fraternity After Snowstorm
Dean John J. Pershing ordered Sigma Alpha Epsilon to end all house parties until spring quarter 1959 and halt social events until after May 1. The action followed a Monday trial on improper chaperonage and premature partying after a Lake Winfield Scott snowbound weekend. Five UGA coeds were dismissed for attending the party.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Georgia
John J. Pershing
Tech
Inter-Fraternity Council Board
Lake Winfield Scott
University of Georgia
Cecil B DeMille Award Honored Adler in Global Poll
Adler received the Cecil B DeMille award for outstanding contribution to the motion picture industry during the past year in a poll spanning 58 countries. Associated Press Wirephoto accompanies the entry.
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Adler
Cecil B. DeMille
The
Association For
Did Joe Really Meet Minnie A Paris Hotel Card Mystery
A dated postcard found in the lobby mail chute at the Gibraltar Hotel in Paris Texas targets a Dallas box. It bears a message to a “Dear Joe” from “Minnie” and asks him to meet Friday night at the depot, prompting postal workers to wonder if he met her.
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Gibralter
Paris
Tex
Dallas
Joe
Minnie
Peyton Place Author Divorced in Alabama
Grace Metalius, author of Peyton Place, divorced husband on grounds of voluntary abandonment. Judge J B Hicks granted the divorce in Russell County Circuit court, with no property settlement noted. The children named are Marshal aged 14, Christopher Michael 10, and Cynthia 7.
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Phenix City
Ala
Peyton Place
J. B. Hicks
Grace Metalious
Russell County
Metalious
Marshal
Christopher Michael
Cynthia
Lawmakers Strike Blow For Love
Michigan lawmakers killed a bill to raise marriage license fees from $2 to $5 by a 22 to 67 vote in the House. Rep Adolph Blanchard of Bay City and Detroit's Chester Wozniak spoke on the issue noting personal opinions and experiences with marriage licensing.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Adolph Blanchard
Bay City
Mar
Chester Wozniak
Detroit
Coast Guard Station Chelsea Serves as Lighthouse Supply Depot
The U S Coast Guard Station at Chelsea Massachusetts acts as the supply depot for lighthouses along the Atlantic seaboard.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Chelsea
Mass
Atlantic Seaboard
New Boy Is Girl Born in New Britain Hospital
A baby born at New Britain General Hospital is reported as a girl named in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boy of East Berlin. The item notes the surprising headline claim of a girl born into the family.
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New Britain, Conn
New Britain General Hospital
Robert Boy
East Berlin
Iron ore production in Venezuela tops 11 million tons in 1956
Iron ore output reached more than 11 million tons in 1956, nearly five times the level recorded in 1950, reflecting strong expansion in Venezuela's mining sector.
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Venezuela
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