52 Stocks Show Big 59 Gains
New York AP reports 1959 saw 52 NYSE stocks rise $20 or more, with Rohm & Haas up $243 and Motorola up $112.50. Other top gainers include Texas Instruments, Polaroid, Du Pont, American Motors, Ford, Westinghouse, Beech, and General Electric among many names, highlighting varied percentage advances across high and low priced shares.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Rohm & Haas
Chemical Company
Motorola
Texas Instruments
Polaroid
General Time
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing
Cessma Aircraft
du Pont
American Motors
Corning Glass
American Home Products
Ford Motors
Westinghouse Electric
Beech Aircraft
Clark Equipment
General Tire
John Morrell
Adams-Millis
American Steel Foundry
Beckman Instruments
Piper Aircraft
Heinz
Addressograph
Aldens
Allied Chemical
American News
Briggs & Stratton
Checker Motors
Continental Steel
Dew Chemical
Emerson Electric
Ferro
General Electric
General Foods
General Telephone & Electronics
International
Nickel
Jones & Laughlin
Mergenthaler
Linotype
Midland Enterprises
Miami Copper
Minneapolis Honeywell
Owens Corning Glass
RCA
Reliance Electric & Engineering
Simons Saw & Steel
Spencer Chemical
Timkins Roller Bearing
Union Carbide
Plough
Baltimore reports 90 murders in 1959
AP from Baltimore says ninety people were murdered in 1959 with arrests in all but six cases. The 12 fewer homicides than 1958 included 64 Black victims and 24 women. The strangling of William Marfield, 32, Morgantown West Virginia, remains unsolved.
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Baltimore
James H. Hepbrow
George Eklemmick
William Marfield
Morgantown
W. Va
Marfield
TV Creativity Criticized as Stagnant in 1950s Circles
Cynthia Lowry reports on how TV drama lacks original writing and relies on imitations of Broadway and movie hits. Tony Webster laments the scarcity of slots for new writers, noting many would rather sell insurance than pursue original TV scripts as the industry struggles with dull, recycled fare.
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Ty Cynthia Lowry
New York
Tony Webster
Wrie
Webster
Notable TV specials and words lessons stir NBC Showcase
The piece notes NBC Sunday Showcase prestige pieces Call Me Back and After Hours with dates for January 16 and February 7. It highlights word study, misused terms, and a Pyrrhic Victory explanation as part of a broader TV and language column.
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NBC
L. Gordon
Mel
Art Carney
Will
TV Gripes and TV Star Intrigue Highlight Tonight
Readers note complaints about TV griping and hair issues with male stars. CBS 9:30 to 11 p.m. features Mrs. Muniver a wartime movie adaptation with Maureen O Hara. Hyattsville AP reports 27 year old Maliss Bratt found dead with plastic bag over head. police call it death by own action.
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Hyattsville
Alice Patricia Bratt
Fragmented Radio Schedule Notes Read Like Pastiche of 1940s Entries
A jumble of names, times, and show titles appears to imitate a historical radio or TV programming grid. Figures include various hosts, actors, and programs such as Rocky and His Friends, Secret Storm, The Edges, and Mister Destrict Attorney, with scattered references to dates, stations, and prices. The legibility is limited, yielding a mosaic rather than a clear singular event.
Youths Arrested After Drugstore Bust Turned Tragic
In Tucson Arizona Frank McMatsuzaki 75 former justice minister in wartime cabinets died after a phone call in a drugstore. McKulsky 15 alerted police and returned the youth to the store where doors were locked. The scene described as a Pyrrhic victory at best.
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Teurn
Tucson
Ariz
Frank McMatsuzaki
Kulsky
Tokyo
Hiromasa
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