Wall Street Gains Led by Electronics and Auto Makers
Wall Street rose across all sections led by electronics and autos after Chrysler Ford and GM advanced on news Chevrolet had record May sales. Major chemical and steel names plus firms in foods drugs oils and tobaccos also posted gains with Beckman Burroughs Litton Motorola RCA and other electronics issues contributing.
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Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Chevrolet
du Pont
Eastman Kodak
Youngstown
Lukens
Beckman
Cenco
Burroughs
Litton
Minneapolis-Honeywell
Motorola
Zenith
RCA
Acme Steel
Allis
T&t
Armour
Babcock & W
Beth Steel
Bell & H i
Borden
Boeing
Burland
Calum & H
Cater Trac
Celanese
Ches & Ohio
Coca Cola
Colg Palm
Collins Radio
CBS
Cruc
East Air
East Ko
Gulf Oil
Hercules Pdr
Int
Harv
Int Paper
Int Rectif
Kaiser
Kress
Ssuth
Ligg & My
Lockh Air
Lorillard
Lou & Nash
Martin Co
Masonite
Merv Ch& 8S
Mols Hon
Monson Ch
Mont Ward
Nat Dairy
Owens N G
Penney
Pepsi Cola
Phill Pet
Repub
Rexall
Reyn Met
Rey Tob
St Regis
Swift
Texaco
UN Carbide
Aire
Fruit
Unit
Gas Co
US Steel
Warner B
West UN Tel
Westg
Elec
Winn Dixie
Woolworth
Worth
Ex-Gl Unfit For Trial On Nuclear Secrets Charge
Federal judge ruled ex soldier George John Gessner mentally ill and unable to stand trial on a charge of passing nuclear weapon firing system details to the Russians. He is returned to the Springfield Missouri hospital for treatment after deserting Fort Bliss in 1960 and serving time at Fort Leavenworth.
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Kansas City
Kan
George John Gessner
Arthur J. Stanley Jr
Bessner
U.S. Medical Center
Springfield
Gessner
Homestead
Mexico City
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Ft. Leavenworth
Politician Mistakenly Claims Spartanburg During Rock Hill Rally
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dero Cook opened a speech in Rock Hill with the line I am mighty happy to be in Spartanburg provoking laughter from the audience. The goof underscores campaign nerves and the risk of missteps on the trail.
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Rock Hill
8.C
Dero Cook
Spartanburg
State clears Insurance Agent after withdrawn orders
Fred H. Cooper a Florida insurance agent was cleared after the state Insurance Commissioner withdrew a report and tax claim as no taxes were due. Deputy Commissioner Warren May said the action was clerical and no charges were filed. Cooper noted early travel to Tallahassee sped the clearance and highlighted the department as a public asset. The matter stemmed from misapplied excess lines policy writings across southern states.
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Fred H. Cooper
Commissioners
Warren May
Bradenton
Cooper
Florida
Lloyd’s of London
Fred Crum
Excess & Surplus Lines Division
The
Florida Insurance Department
Tallahassee
Lloyd’s
Heritage-Cooper Company
Underwriter’s, Inc
Chocolate Bars Gain in American Candy Consumption
The National Confectioners Association reports average American consumed 17.2 pounds of candy last year, with chocolate bars up by 20 percent from 1960.
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Chicago
UPI
National Confectioners Association
Sarasota Bay drowning prompts funeral for Derby
Funeral services for Robert G. Derby 55 of 4925 Bayshore Drive drowned in Sarasota Bay Monday. Services at Shannon's Whitfield Chapel 3:30 p.m. officiated by Rev. Luther F. Willer with Veterans of Foreign Wars and Fleet Reserve Association. Burial Arlington National Cemetery. Derby a Navy World War II veteran dockmaster at Holiday Inn Yacht Club survived by wife Eva and siblings Teddy Eddie Helen.
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Robert G. Derby
Bayshore Drive
Sarasota Bay
Shannon's Whitfield Chapel
North Tamiami Trail
Luther F. Willer
Concordia Lutheran Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Fleet Reserve Association
Arlington National Cemetery
Columbus
Ohio
Derby
Sarasota
Long Island
N. Y
Holiday Inn Yacht Club
V.f.w.sunshine Post
Florida Girl Eliminated in Opening Round of National Spelling Bee
Janet Silverblatt a Coral Gables eighth grader aged 13 becomes the first casualty of the 35th annual national spelling bee after missing the word loneliest defaulting on jonliest. She was eliminated in the opening round as 70 contestants compete in the grand ballroom of a downtown hotel.
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Washington
Florida
Janet Silverblatt
Coral Gables
Fla
Janet
Jonliest
William Beebe Dies at 84 Noted Naturalist and Explorer
The New York Zoological Society announced the death of Dr. William Beebe, famed naturalist and explorer, at age 84. He passed away Monday night in Simla, Trinidad after an illness spanning three years.
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New York
UPI
New York Zoological Society
William Beebe
Beebe
Simla
Trinidad
Poets Academy Founder Marie Yeagle Dies at 88
Marie Tello Phillips Yeagle, 88, founder of the American Academy of Poets, died at her home Tuesday.
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Miami
UPI
Marie Tello Phillips Yeagle
The
American Academy of Poets
Carl Weeks Dies at 86 Noted Des Moines Philanthropist
Carl Weeks of Des Moines Iowa died at 86 a prominent businessman and philanthropist whose family name is linked to local institutions. He built a successful enterprise and supported cultural civic projects in the city.
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Carl Weeks
Des Moines, Iowa
UPI
Funeral services for Broadway writer Fred Herendeen
Funeral services will be held today for Fred Herendeen 68 author of Broadway plays The Web and the musical All The King s Horses He died Monday in Charlotte North Carolina UPI reports the writer known for theatre works passes away leaving several stage productions behind
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Sue Robertson
Windemere
Houston
Tex
Sam Corbett
Corbett
Homer Woodruff
Sarasota
Frank
Russell
Donald
Eugene
Walker Mize
Lynn Robertson
Mabel Landaker
Katherine White Bath
Cincinnati
Robarts Funeral
Indianapolis
Ind
Charlotte, N.C
UPI
Fred Herendeen
Sidney Seligman Passes After Long Illness
Sidney Seligman 79 founder and former executive vice president of Seligman and Latz Inc a concessionaire of beauty salons in department stores died Tuesday after a long illness in New York city per UPI reports.
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New York
UPI
Sidney Seligman
Seligman and Latz, Inc
School Cards System Is Explained In Sarasota County
Officials explain why report cards are mailed after exams at four Sarasota County schools. Grades are not entered until after final day, and students normally pay four cents postage or have cards mailed by the school. One school briefly funded stamps at a $60 cost after a parent protest. Schools using mail include Sarasota High Riverview High Brookside Junior High and Sarasota Junior High.
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Sarasota County
Sarasota High
Riverview High
Brookside Junior High
Sarasota Junior High
Nixon Wins 2-1 Victory In Primary
Nixon defends California home field winning 2-1 in the primary while Sen. Ruchel also clinches renomination amid right wing opposition. California incumbents including two Birch Society Republicans appear set for re nomination as 30 seats face contests. Hartford delegates settle on Alsop as governor after a long ballot fight.
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Nixon
California
Brown
Sen
Ruchel
Richard Richards
John Birch Society
John H. Rousselot
Edgar Hiestand
Birch Society
H. L. Richardson
Hartford
Conn
Alsop
Stewart
Joseph Alsop
GOP
Edwin H. May Jr
Weather Eye Forecast Shows Mixed Rain Chance East Coast
A dry outlook from Weatherman Hollis Bacon notes high temperatures near 90s with mostly clear to partly cloudy skies through Thursday. Florida zones Miami region forecast calls for partly cloudy to fair with scattered afternoon and evening showers and highs upper 80s to mid 90s, winds light to moderate.
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Hollis Bacon
Miami
UPI
Florida
Eastern U S Sees More Rain Across Regions
The Associated Press reports widespread rainfall across the eastern half of the nation with storms bringing rain hail and tornado winds. Texas and western Oklahoma faced severe weather and a tornado thunderstorm hit Tyndall South Dakota.
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Associated Press
Texas
Oklahoma
Tyndall
South Dakota
Nebraska
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Illinois
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
New York State
New England
Southland
Presidio
Weather Outlook with Warm Humid Conditions
Partly cloudy conditions continue with a chance of a brief shower through Thursday. High near 90 degrees, low around 78, winds variable 5 to 15 knots.
Waterspout Appears Off Key West Breaks Up Offshore
A large waterspout formed off Key West today but dissipated without making landfall. It towered over rooftops from inland viewpoints as several smaller funnel clouds stayed at sea or remained aloft, moving with the city’s cloud cover.
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Associated Press
Key West
Martyrdom Go For Aviations Progress Says Cleric
In Paris a grief filled service honors 130 victims of the jet crash near Paris. Episcopal Dean Sturgis L. Riddle frames the deaths as possible martyrs advancing aviation safety. The all faith memorial at the American Cathedral recalls 121 Americans chiefly from Georgia and nine French crew members. Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. attends as officials and victims’ families gather.
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Paris
UPS
Episcopal
Sturgis L. Riddle
State of
Georgia
U. S
Air France
Ivan Allen Jr
Atlanta
Dean Riddle
Christ
Dag Hammarskjold
Stalin
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