Stocks Climb as Industrials Lead Broad Market Gains
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 4.29 to 698.38 at noon while the broader AP average gained 0.70 to 254.60. Industrials, oils, rails, and utilities led, with steels lagging and several major producers easing.
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Performer recalls Wallenda tragedy before ill fated act
Mrs Faughnan described Dieter Schepp's struggle with the balancing pole during the lead of the human pyramid. She watched as he used only the fingertips, grew tired, and toppled from a 36 foot height. She nearly substituted for Christiana the day before the fall.
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Western Hemisphere ministers urge delay on OAS expulsion plan
Brazil Argentina Chile Mexico Bolivia and Ecuador abstain at the hemispheric foreign ministers conference. They say no current legal basis exists to expel a member and push for delay until the OAS treaty can be amended. The group condemns Cuba’s Marxist Leninist government as incompatible with the inter American system and notes Cuba’s Soviet alignment fractures hemispheric unity.
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Wallendas on Wire Swing Save Tragedy at Circus Ring
Panic rose as high wire performers Herman Karl and Gunther Wallenda steadied the line and grabbed Miss Schepp after a fall. Burch the clown offered calm while Jenny Dieter described the moment Dieter lost grip and balance sending others down. The Wallendas trace their aerial dynasty to 1874 Germany and arrived in the US in 1928 with Ringling Brothers.
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Ten-Year-Old Runs Aboard Jet Flight To San Francisco
Rickie Opron dek, 10, an altar boy and model airplane builder, left Chicago with $4 to attend Mass and vanished. He rode an American Airlines jet to San Francisco, wandered the airport two days, then was identified by a prayer book, recovered by police, and returned to Chicago to face a Family Court charge of running away.
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Kennedy proposes tighter farm controls across major crops
Kennedy outlines stricter acreage allotments and marketing quotas for wheat and feed grains, with price supports tied to domestic consumption. He warns that rejection could trigger full withdrawal of supports and possible sale of surplus grain. Dairy, turkeys, and cotton programs follow, aiming to cut subsidies while boosting farm income.
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Advertisers’ Role in TV Content Under Scrutiny
NBC vice president Mort Werner testified to FCC hearings that sponsors have long controlled entertainment content but such influence is waning. He noted sponsors seek policy influence rather than altering core programs, citing cigarette and auto sponsor constraints as examples that do not undermine entertainment or creative integrity.
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Patrolman Pays Costs For Motorist Publicity Courtesy
In Washington North Carolina Patrolman Fred Patton arrested a New Yorker for speeding on Christmas Day. Recorder Judge Woolard held Patrolman Patton responsible for $14.50 court costs and Captain S H Mitchell later paid them to avoid publicity.
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Paris braces for coup risk with 4000 gendarmes deployed
Government reports 30 mobile squads forming a strategic reserve in the Paris region to deter a putsch. Rebel negotiator Saad Dalhab left Morocco four days ago and is unreported in Tunis, sparking speculation of a meeting with French officials in Switzerland.
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