Stocks and Business Take Opposite Paths
New York report contrasts rising stock indexes and dividends with weakening industrial output and rising layoffs. Despite a 10 percent drop in seven months in production, the AP stock index gained 4.5 percent, rail stocks up 8 percent, and dividend payments up 4 percent as Wall Street bets on tax relief, credit, and policy actions to prevent a recession.
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Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve Board
Associated Press
Federal Reserve
No Headache Thief Loot Stolen Aspirin in Pickens
A thief who broke into Jess Christopher's store in Pickens plans to suffer no headaches from his deed as the loot included a carton of aspirin tablets and two cases of headache powders.
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Pickens, S. C
Jess Christopher
Beech-Nut Foods Advertises Baby Carrots and Cereals
A vintage Beech-Nut Foods promotion emphasizes baby carrots and cereals. It highlights flavor, texture, and vitamin content to encourage feeding solids, urging parents to choose Beech-Nut for tasty experiences and doctor recommendations.
Bargain Stampede At New York Hearns Store
A vast, frenzied crowd of more than 10,000 shoppers surged toward Hearns department store on 14th Street in Manhattan for George Washington Birthday specials. Police struggled to control the crush, delaying opening while extra officers deployed barriers and orderly entry plans. In the Bronx, over 5,000 bargain hunters gathered at another Hearns location with fewer disturbances.
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New York
Manhattan
Hearn’s
14Th Street
Joseph F. Weldon
Bronx
Hearn's
Explorers Leave Markers in Crystal Cave
In Crystal cave Kentucky explorers from a seven day expedition abandoned clothing gear medical supplies food and two gas stoves inside the cave near Mammoth Cave National Park. Led by Joe Lawrence of Philadelphia the group left behind hundreds of dollars worth of items and planned a possible longer future expedition after breaking camp near Cave City.
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Crystal Cave
Cave of Mysteries
Mammoth Cave National Park
Kentucky Hills
Cave City
Louisville
Joe Lawrence
Philadelphia
Crystal
We Are Not Alone Millions of Habitable Planets in Universe
Harvard astronomer Dr Harlow Shapley argues in Climatic Change that about 100 million planets may be suitable for higher life forms. He explains a probabilistic path from one sun in a million having planets to one in a thousand of those having life capable worlds, leaving vast cosmic implications.
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New York
Harvard
Harlow Shapley
Harvard University Press
Shapley
Iwo Jima Jewel of resilience reclaims junked war ruins
Japanese workers salvage junk from World War II battle remnants on Iwo Jima under a U S military agreement to ship material to Japanese factories Nine years after the fighting at Surabachi remnants include a wrecked landing ship and compressed metal bales from beer cans The American flag still flies atop Mount Surabachi and a coast guard station remains on the northeast corner as Japan’s salvage effort traces the island’s battered history.
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Iwo Jima
U. S. Marines
U. S
Mt. Surabachi
Harry M. Edwards
Gleason, Tenn
Air Force
Japan
5Th Marines
Surabachi
Death Valley
U. S. Coast Guard
W. L. Rich
NCB
Navy Construction Battalion
Asia For Asians Slogan Ridiculed
President Ramon Magsaysay criticized the Asia for the Asians slogan as a risky simplification of national welfare needs. He spoke at Clark Air Base during Washington's Birthday events, urging policy clarity and warning against propaganda use by rivals.
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Manila
Ramon Magsaysay
Asia
Magsaysay
Philippines
Far East
Clark Air Force Base
Washington
United States
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Sarasota
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Bob
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Carol Brown
Jean McAlpin
Marie Morin
Sonja Opp
Jon Hall
Connie Williams
New York City
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Science Reporter
U. S. Census Bureau
America
Ford
Bair Brothers, Inc
East Main Street
al ‘As
Percales
Rayon Tricot
Sale Street
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