Record sales and profits flood business front
Record sales and profits surge across industries in a single day with firms like Radio Corp of America Johns Manville Eastman Kodak Union Carbide Reynolds Metals and Stauffer Chemical posting gains. Profits jump at Crucible Steel Cleveland Cliffs Iron Pennsylvania Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Parke Davis Acme Steel North American Cement and others while Life insurance sales rise 24 percent. The Presidents council of Economic Advisers notes a record 392 billion dollar quarterly pace for goods and services, yet farm income declines.
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Radio Corp. of America
Johns Manville
Eastman Kodak
Union Carbide
Reynolds Metals
Stauffer Chemical
Crucible Steel
Cleveland Cliffs Iron
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Smith, Kline & French Laboratories
Parke, Davis & Co
Acme Steel
American Broadcasting - Paramount Theaters
Continental Steel
General Bronze
Hoffman Electronics
Ideal Cement
James Lees
North American Cement
Rotary Electric Steel
Pitney-Bowes
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
United States
Chile to Ship Most Copper to U.S. Again Next Week
Sources say Chile will again ship the bulk of its copper production to the United States next week, with two thirds currently going to Europe due to higher European prices. Chilean officials and industry sources note the shift and potential effects on US supply.
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Chile
U.S
Santiago
United States
Europe
Civil Defense Office Moves Stockpiles Of Equipment
The Federal Civil Defense Administration will remove emergency engineering gear from critical target areas by October 31. FCDA Region 2 Administrator John L. Sullivan said orders came from national headquarters but declined to detail. Stockpiled items include pipe water purifiers and portable generators for use in enemy attacks and major disasters.
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Louisville
Federal Civil Defense Administration
John L. Sullivan
FCDA
Region 2
Japan and Soviet Union trade deal eyed by Moscow visit
Japanese official Takazo Kato said after returning from Moscow that a Russia Japan trade pact would face no global opposition. He noted zoos in both countries would gain from exchanging Russian elk for Japanese monkeys.
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Moscow
Takazo Kato
Chief's Recovery Once Seemed Slow
Burlington report quotes Dr. Eugene Lepeschkin of the University of Vermont medical school saying cardiographs showed a slow healing phase in President Eisenhower's heart at an earlier time. He noted improvements after consultations with Dr. Paul Dudley White and said avoiding strain could keep him physically able to run for reelection.
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Burlington, Vt
Eugene Lepeschkin
University of Vermont Medical School
Eisenhower
Paul Dudley White
Dr. Lepeschkin
Home on Park Avenue Listed at Six Thousand Dollars
A five room home with two bedrooms located in the 300 block Park Avenue is offered for a total price of $6,000.
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Park Avenue
Mack Strike Ends With New Contract Reach
New York Mack Manufacturing Corp. announced a new contract with about 6000 striking workers. The agreement includes a guaranteed wage plan and ends the prolonged labor dispute at the truck bus and fire apparatus maker.
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New York
Mack Manufacturing Corp
Texas Maverick Dems back in fold after GOP dent
Oklahoma Gov. Raymond Gary told a Whitesboro crowd at a Rayburn Appreciation Rally that Maverick Democrats in Texas and Oklahoma are fully repentant and will rejoin the Democratic Party in the 1956 presidential elections. He warned that GOP farm policy has hurt small businessmen and praised Rayburn for leadership while noting Ike’s Geneva trip and urging sincerity from Russia for peace.
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Whitesboro
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Sam Rayburn
Gary
Rayburn
Chamber of Commerce
Ike
Geneva
Cadillac
Washington
Wife Values TV Over Husband In Divorce Case
In Chicago a judge ordered Richard Carlson to pay 25 dollars weekly temporary support to his wife Darlene Carlson and their two children amid a divorce bid alleging cruelty. The wife cited late hour TV and movies as a key issue. defense admitted arguments over TV kept the husband awake.
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Fisher
Richard
Mrs. Carlson
Carlson
Boy Scout Drive Breakfast Opens Snyder 1955 Drive
Snyder special report: A breakfast at Abe's Cafe on October 25 marks the start of the Black Beaver Council Boy Scout financial drive. Gov. Raymond Gary, drive chairman for the state, will speak via Hobart radio. About 30 workers and six group captains will canvass residents for funds after the meal. Owen Hartzog leads the group with captains Hugh Cook Glen McLaury Dr T L Hamilton Forrest Sweet T M Cornelius Marvin Wynn Dr L J Ryan is colonel. Executive committee met last Tuesday with Hartzog in charge.
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Abe
Black Beaver Council
Raymond Gary
Drive
Hobart
Boy Scouts
Owen Hartzog
Hugh Cook
Glen McLaury
T. L. Hamilton
Forrest Sweet
T. M. Cornelius
Marvin Wynn
L. J. Ryan
Snyders Boy Scouts Executive Committee
Hartzog
Syracuse University bans shorts on campus and downtown
Syracuse New York reports that the women’s student government standards council banned wearing shorts in classrooms and university buildings, with reactions from coeds including cries of dismay during the decision announced Thursday.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Syracuse University
Women's Student Government Standards Council
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