Pulitzer Prizes Awarded to Faulkner Williams and More
The 1955 Pulitzer prizes honor William Faulkner for fiction with A Fable and Tennessee Williams for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Gian-Carlo Menotti wins music for The Saint of Bleecker Street. The Columbus Ledger wins public service, with two Texas reporters Caro Brown and Roland Towery cited for local reporting. Other awards go to Horgan, White, Stevens, Lewis, Salisbury, Howes, Fitzpatrick, Gaunt, and Henderson for various literary and journalistic achievements.
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New York
William Faulkner
Tennessee Williams
Williams
Faulkner
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Phenix City
Ala
Texas
Caro Brown
Alice
Tex
Daily Echo
Roland K. Towery
Cuero
Daily Record
Brown
Duval County
Associated Press
Towery
Columbus Ledger
Paul Horgan
Roswell
N.M
Great River
Rio Grande
William S. White
Washington
New York Times
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Wallace Stevens
Hartford, Conn
Insurance Company
Anthony Lewis
Washington Daily News
Abraham Chasanow
Ae Department
Harrison F. Salisbury
Russia
Moscow
The
Times
Detroit Free Press
Royce Howes
Chrysler Corp
Daniel R. Fitzpatrick
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Uncle Sam
Indochina
Fitzpatrick
John L. Gaunt Jr
Los Angeles Times
California
Jack W. Henderson
Kansas City
Art Students League of New York
Henderson
Doctor at the Crossroads by Elizabeth Seifert
Ludmilla, Fred’s mother, intervenes in gossip surrounding Clara and a baby at the Godfrey ranch. She visits Richard Nienaber, ends the isolation, and plans a German language household for Clara and the infant, while Fred reports test results and the baby’s care continues.
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Doctor At the
Elizabeth Seifert Eee
Katie
Clarence Godfrey
Clara
Mamma Beir
Linda Kyle
Fred
Murphy
Mamma
Ludmilla
Miranda
Godfrey
Nienaber
Richard
Kyle
Fritzl
Herr Godfrey
Margin boosts raise cash for stock buys under new rule
The Federal Reserve Board raised stock margins to 70 percent effective April 25, forcing traders to post $70 cash to buy a $100 share while brokers supply the remaining $30 often funded by bank loans. The move aims to curb speculation though its impact on prices and volumes remains debated.
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New York
Wall Street
Federal Reserve Board
Teenager Held For Boy's Murder
NEW YORK A 17 year old gang member Frank Tarzan Santana was held on homicide charges for the shooting death of 15 year old William Blankenship Jr. in the Bronx. Police say Santana mistaken the victim for a rival gang member and fired a foreign made automatic. Blankenship’s father a civic leader vowed to relocate the family and leave the city saying they have been crushed.
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New York
Frank
Tarzan) Santana
William Blankenship Jr
William Blankenship Sr
Pennsylvania
Poconos
Santana
Tarzan
Blankenship
Bronx
Golden Guineas
Three Car Families Foreseen in 1975 By Chrysler Chief
Washington automaker executive Lester Colbert told 3,500 U S Chamber of Commerce members that by 1975 many U S families may own three or more cars, with one car family possibly becoming a minority. He projected automation would boost factory efficiency, population rising to 221 million by 1975, and a record plant investment climate as consumers remain confident. Clem D Johnston backed the optimistic forecast, saying American living standards could double by 1965 through productivity.
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Washington
Automomobile
U. S
Lester L. Colbert
Chrysler Corp
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Colbert
Clem D. Johnston
Baltimore Livestock Market Report Prices by Weight and Class
USDA Baltimore market notes cattle with no clear price trend and calves sold in small lots to prime dealers 18.00 26.00. Hogs reported with varying weights 350 head and prices for 180-220 lb barrows and gilts 18.00 50, lighter classes around 18.25, other weight ranges down to 9.25 for very heavy hogs. Sheep and lambs show limited activity with spring lambs under 90 lb at 28.00 and light ewes quotable up to 7.0 per pelts. no general sheep market trend.
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Baltimore
USDA
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Nienabers
Mirandy
Godfrey Ranch
Richard Nienaber
Business Mirror
Peter
Jean
Richard Todd
Peters
EYRIG
Otto Preminger
Oscar Hammerstein
CinemaScope
Fes
Hayuen
Ralston
Brian
Trocolor
Aliba
Francis Foster
Keith
Burt Lancaster Laa Pache
Tee, i
Jean Peters
Moward Hughes
Boy
Jane Powell
Tony Martin
Debbie Reynolds
Walter Pidgeor
Vic Damone
Gene Raymond
Ann Miller
Russ Tamblyn
Mississippi Gambler
Tyrone Power
Piper Laurie
Dan Durea
Coral
Smae
Saskatchewan
Technicodor
Alan Ladd
Shelly Winters
Zenda
Stewart Granger
Deborah Kerr Plus
Sombrero
Richardo Montalban
Pier Angeli Cartoon
Mullens and
Herndon
TO Eternity
Burt Lancaster
Deborah Kerr
HN "Cagney
Lndfors
Derek
Glen Jean
Edgar Buchanan
Maria Windsor
Black Eagle
William Bishop
Virginia
Patton
Princess
Mi Lope
James A
William Holden
Grace Kelly
Man OF
Edward Arnold
John Agar
John Henry Cochran
Clintonville
DIAL
Keyser Funeral Home
Douglas T. Bryant
MGR
South Oakwood Ave
Beckley
Quesenberry
Kyle Davis
Paul Thompson
Rupert
Bluefield Monument Co
Bluefield
Merideth
R.C. Egnor
Oak Hill
Logan
Ears Monument CO
Harper Rd
Fred Davis
Sunset Memorial Park
Perpetual Care
Homeseekers Land & Building Co
Bus Terminal Bldg
Beckley Dial
Dial Floral CO
City Avenue
Raleigh County
Mother
Dias Floral CO
Webb’s Florists & Greenhouses
FTD
Crab Orchard
Rickie
Beckley National Bank
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley Newspapers
Main Street
Shady Spring
Navy I. D
Liberty
Joe Richmond
Pluto
Montgomery Ward
Beckley Ice and Feed CO
Prine St
J. F. Allen
M Young
R. Gravely
Sanders
Edgers
Fabulon
Foster Hardware Co
Main St
Don W_ Ford
WE. Harvey
Wee
Lively
R. F. Baker
Del-Mar
Thrifty
Neville St. Marguerite’s
Permanent Permanents
Embees
C. Kinzer
B. E. Silverman
Brigges-Stratton
Haddad's TV and Furniture CO
James Rothwell
Burgess St
Lovitz Television
Tench
RCA Victor
Zenith
John W. Eye
Neville ST
Wright
South Oakwood
Firestone
Prince St
Geo. Sparks
Halstead
Venetian Blind
AAVON
Venetian Blind Cleaners
W. Va
Mountain State Termite Control
Co. W. James
Carpenter
Ford Tractor
Carl George Sweeney
C. D. Buckland
Jack Quesenberry
Cam Thompson
E. Mahone
Landers
Salem Wooten
Bob Daniels
Homer
Lewis Transfer CO
Reliable
Valley Drive
Peerless Packing Company
Gray _ Lumber Company
Carolina
Cyril “Cy” Lilly
Lilly Used
Midway
Lewis Terminal
Cohen
Mutual of
Omaha
Combs St
Bill _Honaker
Walter's Insurance Agency
McCorkle
South
Charleston
New Beckley Newspapers
Bldg
Aluma Kraft
American Glass & Mirror Co., Inc
Herbert Atho
Mgr City Ave
S. Oakwood
Annou
Cing the Turf Restaurant
W Va
Leno's Diner
Beck Locatio
Sula
Tion
Co. Il
Bridgeton
Owens
Illinois
Atlantic City
West Virginia
State Employment Service
South Fayette St. Beckley, W. Va
Driftwood
Weldtex
Means Lumber CO
Sisson ST
Oakwood
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