Biggest Corporations Suffered Worst In '58
The 1958 recession hit the 50 largest industrials hardest with sales down 6.2 percent and profits off 20.8 percent while the 600 largest declined 6.1 percent and profits 17.8 percent. Major firms like GM, Jersey Standard, Du Pont, Gulf Oil, Texaco and U.S. Steel led lists by sales. AT&T topped assets. Auto and shipbuilding groups saw profits plunge 37.3 percent as metal makers fell 32.3 percent in profits.
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New York
Bette
Fortune Magasine
General Motors
Jersey Standard Oil
du Pont
Gulf_oil
Texaco
U.S. Steel
California Standard Oil
General Electric
Socony Mobil Oil
Bethlehem Steel
AmericansTelephone
Telegraph
Jersey Standard
Ford
Bocony Mobs
Gulf
Swit
Western Electric
A.t.&t
Sears, Roebuck
Jersey Stand
Soconysini Texaco
Diana Standard Oil
California Standard Oi
New York Black Exchange
Fortune
Morrell
Oliver Corp
Solar Aircraft
Se Industria
Emajer
Presidential Economic Report Signals 1960 Budget Focus
World Today notes Republican warnings frame a 1960 presidential issue as voters face inflation debates. The presidential committee urges budget balance and explicit price stability goals, while opposing price controls and wage controls. It also signals antitrust action against monopolies and fragmented wage bargaining to be explored in coming reports.
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Congress
Nixon
Buz Sawyer Strip Taken Seriously By Radio Company
New York readers of Roy Crane’s Buz Sawyer in the Times-Enterprise note the strip’s realism. In a recent episode Boom Boom, flying from the carrier Gettysburg, loses Tacam navigation as bad weather closes in, prompting a field service inquiry and a plan to seek help from a doctor or psychiatrist for Boom Boom’s weather nerves.
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New York
Roy Crane
Buz Sawyer
Times-Enterprise
Bus
Boom Boom
Gettysburg
Combat Air Patrol
Tactical Air Navigational
Navy
Crane
Boom- Boom
Boom-Boom
Valdosta Pastor To Lead Meeting At Local Church
Valdosta native Elder B G Dickerson Jr will guest pastor at Thomasville Primitive Baptist Church for a week long meeting starting Tuesday evening. Services run 11 am daily and 8 pm weekdays with Saturday no evening service. Homecoming Sunday invites members and former members to attend with dinner served in the church annex.
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B. G. Dickerson, Jr
Valdosta Primitive Baptist Church
Thomasville Primitive Baptist Church
Dickerson
Valdosta
Emory University
Thomasville
Thomasville Church
Milledgeville Tour Could Inspect State Hospital by Legislature
Georgia legislators plan a multi day tour of Milledgeville State Hospital to inspect conditions. Rep Culver Kidd says groups of 20 to 28 will visit starting early September with Gov Vandiver and Lt Gov Byrd backing the move. The inspection aims to spur mental health improvements statewide.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Milledgeville State Hospital
Culver Kidd
Baldwin
Senate House
Ernest Vandiver
Kidd
Garland Byrd
State Senate
George Smithmm
Emanuel
Byrd
Vandiver
Steel Talks Postpone Recess. Wage Talks Continue
New York AP reports steel industry talks are recessed until Wednesday with a two week strike deadline delay to July 14. President Eisenhower aided the postponement while United Steelworkers leader David J. McDonald plans routine meetings with the union executive board and wage policy committee.
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New York
Isenhower
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
Georgian Tobacco Markets Face Mixed Reactions on July Opening
Georgia Tobacco Advisory Committee recommended a July 16 opening for Georgia Florida flue cured markets, drawing support from Lowndes County Agent George Kessler and opposition from Lowndes County Farm Bureau president Julian Johnson who favored July 38. The Bright Leaf Warehouse Assn will decide, guided by state suggestions, as growers anticipate crop ripening and storage shortages.
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Macon
Georgia Tobacco Advisory Committee
Lowndes County
George Kessler
Julian Johnson
Lowndes County Farm Bureau
Johnson
Kessler
Tobasco
Bright Leaf Warehouse Assn
Morehead
N.C
Georgia - Florida
Carolinas
Phil Campbell
South Georgia
Men From Mars at Cherry Point Air Station
Men from MARA keep planes flying at the Marine air station in Cherry Point North Carolina. They are members of the Marine Aircraft Repair Squadron.
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Cherry Point
N.C
Mara
Marine Air Station
Marine Aircraft Repair Squadron
Neuritis and Sciatica Explained by Chiropractic
One series by Dr William A Ball describes neuritis as nerve inflammation causing loss of power and sensation, often in arms, and sciatica as a painful nerve condition from the lower back through the legs. It notes chiropractic adjustments as an effective treatment and urges sufferers to seek care at his clinic on East Jackson Street.
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William A. Ball
Jackson-Street
West Germans Push Plans For Presidential Election
Berlin faced Western and Soviet reactions as West Germany pressed ahead with plans for a presidential vote in Berlin. The Electoral College convenes amid East German warnings and U S protests, with Heinrich Luebke supported by Chancellor Adenauer and opposed to Carlo Schmidt.
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Berlin
West Germany
U. S State Department
West Berlin
Washington
Germany
Goviet
United States
Soviet Union
Lincoln White
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
East Germany
Partment
Theodor
Heusg
Konrad Adenauer
Henrich Luebke
Christian Democratic Party
Carlo Schmidt
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Bruce T. Scoggins
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Thomas Patton
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Cooper
Iri
Orien Ea
Wey
Wake County Sheriff's Department
Mars
William Ball
Biltith
MaahWest
Vilas
Rorida
Te Rilines
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Liven
Oliver
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Omy
Slant
Torer
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