Profit Declines Hit Four Fifths of Firms in 1958 First Half
AP reports 576 corporations filed six month results with 417 down from 1957 and 39 posting net losses. Most profits fell 32.1 percent while some sectors like tobacco drugs foods airlines utilities rose, railroads sank 71 percent, autos fell 57 percent, overall earnings totaled 3.75 billion dollars versus 5.53 billion a year earlier.
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New York
U. S. Treasury
The
Treasury
Steel and Iron
Spectacular Mormon pageant opens near Palmyra
The 17th annual America's Witness for Christ pageant debuts next Thursday on a hill near Palmyra New York. About 350 volunteer Mormons rehearse five major stages with taped dialogue and music from a 10 724 pipe Salt Lake Tabernacle organ.
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Palmyra
N. Y
America
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Hill
Cumorah
Mt. Sinai
Joseph Smith
Moroni
Harold I. Hansen
Department of Speech and Dramatic Art
Brigham Young University
Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Knowland Sails With Labor Platform At California GOP Meet
California Republicans adopted a labor plank favoring union shop while keeping neutral on right to work. George W. Milias Jr. was elected state chairman. Sen. William F. Knowland backed the platform. Gov. Goodwin Knight opposed the union shop and campaigned for right to work. Attorney General Edmund G. Brown dismissed Knowland’s charges as political rhetoric.
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Morrie Landsberg
Sacramento
Calif
California
William F. Knowland
Goodwin Knight
George W. Milias Jr
Knowland
Atty
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Knight
Republican State Central Committee
Heat Wave in Italy Tops Year’s Toll and Heat
A scorching heat wave in Italy caused at least 20 sunstroke or heat exhaustion deaths over the weekend. Drownings rose as thousands sought relief with swims. temperatures near 100 degrees were noted in several areas. Verona reported a near century high.
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Rome
Italy
Verona
Child Drowns While Family Watches at Houston Pool
Three year old Deborah Daly loved to dive and resurface at a Houston pool but drowned in less than three feet of water. Lifeguard Don Demming and the mother, Marjorie Daly, attempted artificial respiration after finding the child head down. the father, Air Force Captain Jack Daly, was en route from Ogden when notified.
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Houston
Tex
Deborah Lynn Daly
Deborah
Don Demming
Marjorie Daly
Demming
Air Force
Jack Daly
Ogden
Utah
Princess Soraya Receives Emotional Sendoff in Cologne
Princess Soraya, former wife of Iran's Shah, began a vacation trip to Biarritz amid an emotional sendoff by Shahan Djafaris a Tehran wrestler and fellow tourist in Cologne. Djafaris clasped Soraya's hand and kissed it as she prepared to drive away, then shed tears as he turned away.
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Cologne
Germany
Soraya
Iran
Biarritz
Shahan Djafaris
Tehran
Blind Girl Apts Skating With Help From Teacher
Barbara Ann Heun, a nine year old blind girl from Louisville, is tutored by Donald L. Vogt and may be the nation’s only sightless ice skating pupil. She uses sound cues to navigate the rink and aims to become a sculptress.
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Louisville
Barbara Ann Heun
Donald L. Vogt
Barbara
Don R. Heun
Vogt
Esquire paints Joe McCarthy as moral vacuum demagogue
The August Esquire profiles Joe McCarthy as a hollow, self serving figure whose fearlessness gave way to hysteria and alcoholism. The piece argues his degeneration followed his unwavering zeal without a worthy cause.
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Senate
Joe McCarthy
Esquire Magazine
Birds
Recreation Department Camp Popular Program
The City Recreation Dept runs a weekday day camp in Hixon Forest for 20 children aged 7 to 12 from city playgrounds. Led by Alyce Schneeburger and Joe Purcell, the program includes four rounds featuring nature study treasure hunts Indian themed activities and a metal craft project culminating in a large day camp display for All Sports Day.
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City Recreation Dept
Hixon Forest
Eugene Fry
Alyce Schneeburger
Joe Purcell
West Avenue
Carolyn Lanke
Barbara
Sandra Youngman
Deborah Warner
Mary Johitson
Diane Bosch
Jenny Schmitt
Czechs Detain Belgian Plane Then Let It Fly On
A Sabena World Airlines plane carrying 19 passengers was forced to land by Czech fighter jets over the border area of Budweis after weather diversion. The aircraft, en route from Brussels to Athens with a stop in Frankfurt, was later allowed to depart about four hours later. Authorities did not immediately confirm passenger identities or nationalities.
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Belgium
Sabena World Airlines
Czechoslovakia
Athens
Frankfurt
Germany
Austria
Czech
Budweis
Linz
Lightning's winding path forks as it zigs and zags
Lightning traces a winding river like path where a single stroke splits into forks and branches. The description emphasizes the branching, irregular travel of a lightning flash rather than a straight line.
First Eye Doctor Hippocrates Credited Ophthalmologist
The early physician Hippocrates is credited as the first ophthalmologist. He proposed hot foot baths and a restricted diet as treatments for eye diseases.
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Hippocrates
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