Nichols to Lead Mathieson Squibb Merger into $300 Million Firm
NEW YORK The 43-year-old Thomas 8 Nichols, a Du Pont trained executive, will be CEO of the Mathieson Chem and E R Squibb merger creating a $300 million company ranking among top US chemical firms. Nichols helped steer growth, led a management reorganization, and pushed into organics via a Tennessee Gas Transmission deal.
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New York
Mathieson Chemical Corp
E. R. Squibb & Sons
du Pont
Thomas 8. Nichols
Union Carbide
Allied Chemical
American Cyanamid
Dow
Monsanto
Nichols
Mathieson
Squibb, Pharmaceuticals
Basic Chemical
Lederle Laboratories
University of Pennsylvania
Temple
Grasselli
New York Chemical Company
Prior
Ichols
WPB
Harriman
London
Cambridge
Baltimore
Robert Stone
Boston
Mathison
Stone
Squibb
Tennessee Gas Transmission
Tennessee
Texas
U S Debates Denmark Aid After Tanker Sale to Russia
The United States weighs cutting Denmark economic and military aid after Copenhagen delivered a 13,000 ton tanker to the Soviet Union. Ambassador Eugenie Anderson returned to Washington for urgent talks as a protest is filed under the Battle Act.
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United States
Denmark
Russia
Eugenie Anderson
VU. S&s
Copenhagen
Washington
State Department
U. S
Apsheron
Anderson
Soviet Union
Fifty-Eight Thunderjets Fly From Georgia to Japan
Fifty eight souped-up Thunderjets of the Strategic Air Command completed the longest mass transoceanic jet flight, an 11 000 mile 12 day trek from Turner Air Base in Albany to Yokota Japan. The mission included seven stops with in-flight refueling and one fatality Lt Col Elmer G DaRosa of Sacramento died approaching Iwo Jima.
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Yokota
Strategic Air Command
Turner Air Base
Albany
Pacific
David C. Schilling
Elmer G. DaRosa
Sacramento
Calif
Iwo Jima
DaRosa
Otto P. Weyland
Far East Air Forces
Far East
Schilling
England
Maine
Midway
Turner Field
Trafis Air Force Base
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Wake
Guam
Eniwetok
Greensboro College selects new president committee meets July 25
A Greensboro College committee will meet on July 25 to select a new college president. James G. Hanes of Winston-Salem, president of the college board, will preside. Dr. Luther L. Gobbel, who led the college for over 17 years, resigned last spring and his separation became effective July.
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Greensboro
Greensboro College
James G. Hanes
Winston- Salem
College Board of Trustees
Luther L. Gobbel
Asbestos Fibers Spun Into Fine Woven Textiles
High grade asbestos fibers are described as spinning and weaving nearly as well as silk or cotton, indicating potential use in textile production and fabric manufacture opportunities.
Undivided profits reported with large balance figures
A transcription shows undivided profits amounts of 46 698.25 and 899 918.78 listed alongside Directors. The legible items reflect financial figures and board roles within a corporate or organizational report.
Sheriff Holds Bootlegger, 48 Gallons Whisky In Chase
Rockingham County Sheriff Leon Worsham kept a prisoner and 48 gallons of bootleg liquor after an eight mile chase into Caswell County. Caswell Deputy Roy Fowlis arrived at the crash scene and sought the prisoner, but Worsham invoked a 1921 law allowing pursuit of bootleggers anywhere in the state. One suspect named Berkley Sloan of Ruffin was identified. one other man escaped.
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Rockingham County
Leon Worsham
Caswell County
Worsham
Caswell
Roy Fowlis
Rockingham
Berkley Sloan
Ruffin
Dr Robert C Mel Quilkin Dies Suddenly in Asheville
The founder and president of Columbia Bible College died suddenly at the Ben Lippen Church Conference grounds near Asheville. He was 66. The Philadelphia native helped found the Ben Lippen School for Boys and the conference center and built a college that began with eight students in two rooms in 1923 and grew to about 400 on a two block campus.
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Asheville
Columbia
S. C
Philadelphia
McQuilken
University of Pennsylvania
Wheaton College
Bob Jones University
Greenville
Ragweed Pollen Hotspots For Hay Fever Sufferers
The article maps ragweed pollen levels across regions and suggests travel options to avoid hay fever. It notes Southern and Eastern Florida, parts of New York and New England, northern Michigan, Minnesota, the Adirondacks, the Pacific Northwest, Northern California, and high Rocky Mountain areas as lower exposure zones, while warning that some areas face sagebrush pollen or persistent rain. It mentions Isle Royale and northern Minnesota as examples of shorter, wind-diluted seasons.
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Florida
Maine
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Michigan
Adirondack Mountains
New York State
Northwest Pacific
United States
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Middle West
Isle Royale
Great Plains
Upper
Penin
Little Ragweed On Coast And Hay Fever Spots Listed
Dr Jordan notes hay fever relief varies by wind and pollen sensitivity. The western Canadian coast has little ragweed, while many U S and Canadian national parks like Crater Lake Bryce Canyon Glacier Grand Canyon Grand Teton Kings Canyon Mount McKinley Mount Rainier Olympic Sequoia Yellowstone Yosemite Zion Sun Valley offer good spots for sufferers though travel costs and time may limit access.
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Sule
Michigan
Wisconsin
Canada
United States
Crater Lake
Bryce Canyon
Glacier
Grand Canyon
Grand Teton
Kings Canyon
Mount McKinley
Mount Ranier
Olympic
Grand Lake
Sequoia
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Zion
Sun Valley
Strike drains Gary trash pickups cited by mayor
Gary Indiana officials blamed a steel strike for three week trash collection delays. Mayor Peter Mandich said thousands of striking steel workers have been home six weeks and are cleaning basements and attics, tossing out items from parrots to car tops.
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Gary
Ind
Peter Mandich
Haircut Attack On Teens Stuns Houston Neighborhood
John Lyons a 17 year old newspaper copy boy told police he and a friend were bicycling home from work when two autos halted them. Fifteen people jumped out seized the youths threw them to the ground and each received a cut. They left without speaking and drove off.
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Houston
Tex
John Lyons
Johan
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