Maryland Plant Expands Sparrows Point Giant Mill
Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point Md expands with 200 million investment to raise ingot capacity to 8.2 million tons annually. Gary Ind plant to reach 7.804 million tons. Completion expected in two years. Workforce rises to 31,500 with $2.8 million weekly payroll. Water and power use soar as the plant consumes 620 million gallons daily.
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Sparrows Point
Bethlehem Steel
Maryland
Tidewater Flats
Baltimore
U.S. Steel
Gary, Ind
Cheyenne
Wyo
Arkansas Population Declines Slightly in 1950-51 Period
The Arkansas population fell 0.8 percent between April 1, 1950 and July 1, 1950. The small decline reflects demographic shifts reported in state census data.
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Arkansas
Big U S Firms Report Assets Over One Billion
The Business Mirror notes two more American corporations surpassing one billion dollars in assets this year, with 34 nonfinancial giants and 17 banks or 13 insurers above the threshold. Bell System leads at 14.5 billion, followed by Jersey Standard Oil and General Motors.
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New York
Bell Telephone System
At&t
Jersey
General Motors
U.S. Steel
Pennsylvania Rail Road
DuPont
New York Central
Ford
Socony Mobil Oil
Indiana Standard Oil
Pacific Gas & Electric
Gulf Oil
the Texas Co
Southern Pacific
Orchestra Leader Dies in Mansfield at 77
Benjamin A. Rolfe 77, prominent orchestral conductor in early radio, died Monday at Pondsville Hospital. As B A Rolfe he led the Lucky Strike Orchestra and conducted NBCs first coast to coast commercial broadcast in 1928.
Wealthy Houston Man Grants Birthday Wish With Steam Shovel
A Houston financier confessed to friends that he always wanted to operate a steam shovel. For his birthday, they rented one and left it on his lawn as a surprising gift, creating a curious scene at his residence.
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Houston
Tex
Army Prepares New Formation To Fight A War
Washington reports the 101st Airborne Division will be reactivated at Fort Campbell to fight atomic war. It will have five battle groups and a self sustaining support group. Units will be air dropped with new 105mm guns, recoilless rifles, self propelled guns, Honest John missiles, and an aviation company for paratroop insertion.
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Washington
101St Airborne Division
101St
Ft. Campbell
Thomas L. Sherburne Jr
Sherburne
Army
Like Mother Like Son Qualify for Court Bar in Same Day
Mrs Helen M Jeffries and her son John L Jeffries II both qualified to practice before the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on the same day. The mother had long been an attorney, while the son was newly admitted to the bar.
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Richmond
Helen M. Jeffries
John L. Jeffries II
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Marines to test chopper landings on Kauai during April drills
Eight thousand Marines will land on Kauai by helicopter in a large Pacific exercise starting April 4, with five thousand sailors from Amphibious Squadron 1, planes from the 1st Provisional Air-Ground Task Force, and the rocket ship Carronade. Simulated atomic blasts and mock firing passes are planned as part of new inshore support tactics.
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Honolulu
Barking Sands
Kauai Island
Hawaiian Islands
Amphibious Squadron 1
1St
Provisional
Oahu
Kehoolawe
Pacific
Trials of Trials in Chicago Court Faces Short Jury Pool
Judge J Hoff man in Federal Court faced a full docket with only 80 veniremen available. Marshals were told to stop passersby to fill the panel while one potential juror, a French horn player, claimed urgent theater duties and was excused. Attorneys agreed to seat juries of eight members instead of twelve in all cases.
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Chicago
J. Hoffman
Federal Court
Doctor Questions Alcoholic Husband in LA Case
In Los Angeles a distraught woman confides to Dr Frank Nolan about her alcoholic husband. The doctor asks if he has tried Alcoholics Anonymous, and she replies he has tried everything else.
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Los Angeles
Frank Nolan
A. A
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DeMario
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Dawson
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Sears Roebuck
Santa Fe Railway
Unicon Pacific
Union Carbide
Chrysler
Humble Oil
American Gas & Electric
Westinghouse Electric
Baltimore & Ohio
Sinclair Oil
Shell Oil
Phillips Petroleum
Cities Service
International Harvester and Aluminum Co. of America
International Harvester
Alcoa
Westinghouse
B&o
City Park
Stanaford Grill
Stanaford
Oleo
Ibs
Omar Bradley
President’s Commission On Veterans’ Pensions
Bradley
International Soundphoto
Marine Corps
Pacific Area
Kauai
Sun Group
Strip
Iwo Jima
Aleutians
Frank Boyce
Boys Clubs of America
Elizabeth City
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Prince Albert Granger
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Dean
Kay Woodie
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Crpinck
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Panty
Gos
W.T. Grant CO
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