Yule Buying Binge Starts Late as Holiday Season Nears
The belated start to Christmas shopping follows Thanksgiving one week later than usual. Retailers in 23 cities upbeat about meeting last year’s totals, eight expect declines. Fed policy boosted bank reserves, aiding lending and stock market moves amid mixed auto and steel data.
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New York
US Commerce Department
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Wall Street
Navy
Vanguard
Chevrolet
Ward
U.S
English Heads Chocolate Firm in Wilkes-Barre
Directors of the Planters Nut and Chocolate Co. re elected Frank A. English as president and kept officers Michael J. English Ralph J. Lisman H. M. Haynes H. L. Pettit and P. H. Britten in their posts. English reported 5s sales in the just ended fiscal year as the highest in company history.
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Wilkes-Barre
Planters Nut and Chocolate Co
Frank A. English
Michael J. English
Ralph J. Lisman
H. M. Haynes
H. L. Pettit
P. H. Britten
English
Prior Commitment Sparks Jury Excusal in Helena
In Helena, Ralph Morgan aged 21 received an excuse from Judge Lester Loble for jury service citing a prior commitment though Morgan offered no specific reason on the list. Morgan had a date with the draft board and avoided serving.
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Helena
Ralph Morgan
Lester Loble
Morgan
Mass Paratrooper Jump Postponed At Fort Bragg
Weather delays a mass 14 000 paratrooper drop opening exercise All American at Fort Bragg North Carolina The 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions will remain static before a second attempt at the drop involving 147 troop carrier planes The postponement likely stems from winds above 19 miles per hour Also mentions future automated post offices delivering address requests quickly to non delivering zones.
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FT Bragg
Ft. Bragg
82Nd
101St Airborne
Carolinas
Broadcasting Schedule Summary for Multiple Channels
A dense list outlines television lineups across channels 4, 5, 1, 9, 6, 12 featuring news, dramas, variety shows, musicals, sports, and game shows. Programs include Perry Como Show, Grand Ole Opry, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, You Asked for It, and The $64,000 Question with various hostings and live-time sign-offs.
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Ann Sothern
Perry Como
Polly Bergen
G. McKenzie
Irene Dunn
Chas. Coburn
Stevenson Offered to Spread New U S Cold War Strategy
Adlai E Stevenson offered to travel to Paris last month as an advance missionary to promote a new American cold war strategy. He was not sent, remaining as a Democratic consultant on plans to strengthen NATO. He believed Paris talks would focus on military posture while urging aid to underdeveloped regions.
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U.S
Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Paris
NATO
Eisenhower
Asia
Africa
Illinois
Dulles
Euope
Federal-State Study Urged by Governors at Miami Meeting
The National Governors Conference executive committee urged consideration of a federal-state relations report at the 1958 governors conference in Miami. The report, by a joint governors and Eisenhower representatives panel, favors returning minor federal services to states in exchange for broader tax authority. Governor Stratton of Illinois announced the agenda plan and noted Frank Bane’s resignation as executive director effective May 1 after 20 years in the post.
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Hot Springs
Ark
National Governors Conference
Miami
Eisenhower
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Executive Committee
Denver
Stratton
Frank Bane
Chicago
Council
Ohio Youth, 20, Killed in Crash
A 20 year old Kenton Ohio youth David Pear Gale lost control of his car on an icy US 66 section near Holbrook Arizona. He died in a Holbrook hospital hours later. Three passengers James W. Jackson Jr. 19 Thomas L. Robbeloth 20 and Gerald L. Rutherford 29 were uninjured.
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Holbrook, Ariz
Kenton
Ohio
Arizona
David Pear Gale
RFD
Holbrook Hospital
James W. Jackson Jr
Thomas L. Robbeloth
Ft. Heineme
Calif
Gerald L. Rutherford
Dryden
World's largest periscope aids nuclear tests viewing
The 90 ft aluminum periscope with intricate mirrors and lenses lets atomic workers observe nuclear energy tests from behind heavy shielding.
Hoffa Testifies He Hired Wiretap Expert in Detroit
James R. Hoffa testified before a grand jury that he paid $8,429 to wiretap a Detroit Teamsters headquarters. Bernard Spindel showed Hoffa and Owen Brennan how to operate the equipment as co-defendants in a federal conspiracy trial. Hoffa denied authorizing any tapping of Teamsters phones.
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New York
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Federal District Court
Bernard Spindel
Holmes
N.Y
Spindel
Owen B. Brennan
Detroit Teamsters Local 337
Brennan
Frederick van Pelt
Bryan Hoffa
Grand
Teamsters Detroit
Teamsters
Week Remains For Flue-Cured Tobacco Sales
The Virginia North Carolina Old Belt season ends next Friday with markets in Chase City Clarksville Kenbridge South Hill Virginia and Reidsville Winston-Salem North Carolina closing. Quality dipped due to a higher share of non descript tobacco while average prices held steady with small gains and losses across grades.
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Danville
Virginia - North Carolina
Chase City
Clarksville
Kenbridge
South Hill
Virginia
Reidsville
Winston - Salem
North Carolina
South Boston
Increase Approved In Police Horse Unit
A City Council committee approved expanding Richmond's mounted police squad to 11 horses. The Safety Department budget would cover the new horse purchase and maintenance for the rest of the year without jeopardizing department functions.
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Richmond
Safety Department
City nets $10350 from 1035 bachelors in Kitchener
City coffers gain ten thousand three hundred fifty dollars from one thousand thirty five bachelors taxed ten dollars each for living in Kitchener without paying property taxes. The revenue is part of a municipal effort to tax non resident or non property owners.
Sign on door reads marriage and hunting licenses
In Hanover county folks tell the county clerk’s office the door sign should be reversed, as it currently reads marriage and hunting licenses. The note suggests the order or labeling needs correction in the county records.
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Hanover
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