Market Dow Jones Dives as Volume Shrinks
The Dow Jones average slid 8.95 to 602.10 at noon as most sectors fell and several leading stocks dropped sharply. Du Pont, AT&T, U S Steel, and Standard Oil (New Jersey) led losses while a few issues held ground amid a generally lower market and mixed bonds.
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Xerox
Zenith
Pfizer
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Lorillard
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Cnd International Nickel
Liggett
Bache & Co
NEW York (Ap
Firestone
Ford Motor
Associated Press
Gen Foods Eee
Goodrich BF
Goodyear T&r
Gulf Oil Corp
IBM
Tel & Tel
Liggett & Myers
Daughter and Wife Earn B A Degrees at Hofstra
Henry Gundel watched with pride as his wife Mrs Gundel and daughter Caralyn Nancy Gundel both earned Bachelor of Arts degrees at Hofstra College commencement. Mrs Gundel completed German major English minor after Hunter College study and two summer sessions. Caralyn majored in English with German minor and plans a teaching career. Mrs Gundel credits her husband’s encouragement for half the credit.
Paris Fire Catastrophe Shocks Atlanta Editors
The Atlanta Journal issued an extra edition in response to the Winecoff fire catastrophe. The Constitution editorialized that nothing could have prepared the city for the Paris blaze disaster that occurred Sunday.
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Atlanta Journal
Constitution
Paris
Paris 707 Jet Crashes After Takeoff From Orly
A four engine Boeing 707 departing Orly Field explodes into flames and crashes near Villeneuve le Roi, killing 130. Tests and investigations follow with officials noting runway skid marks and the search for the flight data recorder. Air France says the plane came from New York with no earlier trouble. The incident shocks Atlanta community and prompts a Kennedy sympathy message.
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Paris
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Boeing Airplane Company
Atlanta
Kennedy
Atlanta Art Association
France
D-Day Coverage and TV Listings Highlight Nightly Learnings
NBC CBS and ABC air quick turn news specials on the D-Day invasion amid ratings shifts. The article notes TV schedules with shows like Danny Thomas and Mayberry, plus sports and late-news results across multiple markets.
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CBS
Charlotte
Pete & Gladys
Father
Danny Thomas
Andy Griffith
Hennesey
Supreme Court Overturns Six Negroes’ Convictions at Shreveport Bus Station
The Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion with Justice Harlan concurring, overturned the 7-1 conviction of six Negroes for disturbing the peace after police ordered them from a white waiting area to a colored room in a Continental Trailways station in Shreveport Louisiana.
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Miss
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Harry Blake
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California GOP Primary Echoes Nixon Shell Clash
In California a heated GOP governor bid pits Richard Nixon against Assemblyman Joseph C. Shell as voters prepare for a crowded primary. Officials expect high turnout amid six ballot measures and eight new congressional seats, with Brown attacking Nixon and Shell while Nixon stalls on Shell during the campaign. Seepage in the Lincoln Memorial basement forms seven foot stalactites from water in the marble.
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San Francisco
Richard Nixon
California
Nixon
U. S
Shell
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Lincoln Memorial
Slums and Hardship Highlight Chile and Peru in Latin America
Traveler reports widespread poverty in Peruvians streets with garbage piles and scarce water supplies. In Valparaiso Chile, a storekeeper and an elderly man describe hardship and government neglect, though some housing programs have improved conditions and moderated political views.
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Pacific
Latin America
Chile
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