Auto giants clash in wild 1955 sales race
Ford and Chevrolet lead a fierce postwar auto contest with Chrysler seeking a comeback. GM, Studebaker-Packard, and Kaiser-Willys play supporting roles as talks of mergers and anti trust concerns swirl. Ford plans heavy December output to close the year with a top sales share amid wage talks and looming strikes.
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Ford
Chevrolet
Chrysler
Curtice
Department of Justice
Studebaker - Packard
South Bend
Ind
Ford-Chevry
Hiudson-Nash
Douglas Larsenner
Detroit
NEA
Motor City
Automobile Executive
Chevry
Reading Habits Being Policed by Government Employees
Dr. Marie Jahoda of New York University reports that professional government staff in Washington are monitoring their reading habits and thinking and are cautious about colleagues. She notes that confidence in others is diminishing as a distinctly American concept, discussed at a Washington Association of Scientists meeting.
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Washington
Marie Jahoda
New York University
Research Center For Human Relations
Washington Assn. of
Jahoda
State buys two flour feed mills for inmate operation
Harrisburg reports the state will pay 350000 to acquire two flour feed mills to be run by inmates from White Hill Industrial School. Commissioner Arthur T. Prasse says output will save money and provide about 20 training posts. One mill sits on 20 acres with tanks trucks and homes. the other is a blending mill. Rep Luke Toomey condemns the move as socialism and will raise objections in the 1955 Legislature.
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Harrisburg
White Hill Industrial School
Arthur T. Prasse
Corrections
Prasse
Temple files for divorce from Patricia Ruth Temple
Santa Monica California George F Temple Jr brother of Shirley Temple sues for divorce alleging desertion and cruelty Mrs Temple 23 separated from husband in 1952 faces ongoing paternity litigation over their one year old daughter Kenny Ann Patterson Hartle Duane Patterson 28 year old actor named as co respondent
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Santa Monica
Calif
George F. Temple Jr
Shirley Temple
Patricia Ruth
Mother Is Freed In Hubby Death In South Dakota
Mrs Blanche Conzemius a 36 year old mother of 10 was found innocent of murder for shooting her husband in their rural home last September She testified he had tried to molest their eldest daughter The circuit judge told jurors a father who attacks a daughter forfeits the right to be in the home and is a trespasser The report notes night vision is slightly reduced by tinted windshields for some drivers.
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Lake Andes
S.D
Blanche Conzemius
Conzemmius
James R. Bandy
Long Life Recipe at 75 Years of Marriage in Loma Linda
Loma Linda Calif. Mr and Mrs William W Lambeth observe their 75th wedding anniversary He is 103 and she 6 Read the Gazette Classified Bradford Pa Erie Railroad freight train struck a ruck at a crossing near here yesterday killing the driver William Masche 45 of Star Route Kill sack N Y E J Robish a division superintendent said the train was traveling only 20 miles an hour and the driver apparently did not hear its warning whistle.
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Loma Linda
Calif
William W. Lambeth
Bradford
Erie Railroad
William ®. Masche
Killsack
E. J. Robish
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Jeff
James J. Nance
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Studebaker
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L. W. Smead
Smead
Curlice
Lori
CIO Auto
Hey
Kaiser-Willys
Kaiser
Argentina
Cent “Climate of Thought
Harlow Curtice
Prince Matchabelli
Cologne
France
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Heaven
Sheer Fanta Sheres
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Ort
Santa’ Aufas
Toh Wei
Mummy
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