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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1954
Page
5
FTC Chairman Edward F Howrey announced a rapid but thorough study of mergers to assess impact on competition. He cited postwar surges in mergers from 1951 to 1953 and noted the need to distinguish large deals from small ones to gauge economic significance while antitrust laws guide the review.
In Prestonsburg Kentucky carbon monoxide from a gas water heater killed two high school football players, Donald Gene Reatherford age 17 and Woodrow Saldr age 16, who were found in the school bathhouse after hours. Classes were canceled as the town mourned.
The article notes Sylvia Gable, widow of Gable Cla et, plans to marry Prince Jeeene in New York within weeks. It covers her prior marriages including to Clark Gable, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, and Lord Ashley, and mentions her birthplace London and career as a lingerie model.
Wanamaker's 58 year New York department store to close around January 31 with plans to open new in store in Yonkers by February 5. The firm will keep two New York area branches and its Long Island location at Great Neck. A Philadelphia headquarter spokesman cited expansion as the reason for the closure.
A recovery effort is underway after a C47 missing since Sunday reportedly carried 21 American airmen. Wreckage sighted in the 9 000 foot French Alps area near Bastia Corsica could not be confirmed by searchers as they assess a possible crash and a sea plane incident is also reported.
An AP science note from Cincinnati reports a survival tip: duck and count to five after a bright flash to ensure you are at least a mile from the blast. If you reach five and show no severe injuries or bleeding, you likely avoided the three main killers: radiation heat and blast. Col C M Slocum presented the formula at a medical meeting in Washington.
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