Supreme Court rules Du Pont violated antitrust laws over GM stake
The Supreme Court ruled 4 to 2 that Du Pont violated antitrust laws by controlling General Motors through a 23 percent stock stake. Justice Brennan delivered the decision with dissent from Justices Burton and Frankfurter. The case dates to eight years after the initial government's complaint in Chicago.
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Washington i
Supreme Court
du Pont Co
General Motors Corp
Brennan
Burton
Frankfater
Clark
Harlan
Whittaker
du Pont
Chicago
U. S. Dist
Walter J. LaBay
Justice Department
LaBuy
General Motors
Bookmaker's Wife Delivers Quadruplets in UK
Mrs. Celia Philp, 28, gave birth to four girls in Britain at once, beating odds of 634.566-1. The quads arrived a month early and were placed in incubators. weights were 4 lb 2 oz, 3 lb 1 oz, 3 lb 4 oz, and 4 lb 3 oz. The mother and babies are doing well. the Philps already have a two year old son.
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London
Celia Philp
Britain
Philp
Winchester 1775 Diary Note On Warlike Town Scene
Philip Fithian describes Winchester in June 1775 as martial and warlike with drums pipes and cockades guiding nativ e bravado. He notes soldiers in hunting-shirts and bucktails in hats as signs of hardy readiness in the Virginia colony. An unrelated local ad list includes an Elks chicken barbecue and soap promotions at area shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Fithian
Virginia
Winchester
Robert Carter
Nomini
Capt. Holmes
Capt
Hunter
Mars
America
Jury Trial Amendment Passed in Civil Rights Bill Debate
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7 to 3 to insert a jury trial requirement for federal contempt cases enforcing voting and other rights, amid opposition from Republicans. Chairman Eastland announced the actions after closed-door consideration of the administration bill.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
G& Section
Eastland D-Miss
Sen
Ervin D-Nc
1000 Scientists Urge End to A-Test Nuclear Testing
Pasadena based appeal signed by 2000 American scientists calls for international agreement to halt nuclear bomb tests. Led by Nobel laureate Linus Pauling, the statement warns radiation harms global health and may increase future generations with defects. Signers include H. Muller and J. Erlanger.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Linus Pauling
Pauling
Division of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
H. Muller
Indiana University
Joseph Erlanger
Washington University
St. Louis
ABC
Memorial Day weekend traffic toll tops four hundred
The Associated Press reports a four day Memorial Day period ending last night saw about 400 highway deaths, roughly on par with a typical nonholiday summer period. California led with 36 fatalities, Texas 32, North Dakota none, and the national toll exceeded the 347 recorded on the previous Memorial Day weekend in 1950.
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Associated Press
California
Texas
North Dakota
Dark outline on Elkton tombstone draws thousands
In Elk Run Cemetery Elkton Virginia an oval photo of Alton Law is embedded above a grave. The marble shows a dark outline resembling an angel drawing thousands to view the stone. Skeptics cite weathering while locals seek meaning in the apparition and the boy’s funeral link.
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Elkton
Shenandoah Valley
Elk Run
Alton Law
17 Violent Deaths Reported In State Over Long Weekend
Seventeen people died in Virginia during the Memorial Day weekend. Thirteen from traffic crashes, one from drowning, and three from other accidents. Highway toll reached 303 for the year, compared with 337 at this time last year. Six traffic deaths occurred Sunday, two by hit and run. Charles L. Craighead of Newark, New Jersey, 33, died after being struck on U S 360 near Wilkesboro, Charlotte County.
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Virginia
Charles L. Craighead
Newark
N. J
U.S. 360
Wylkesburg
Charlottee County
Martha Carlson
Annie Welch
Economic Slowdown Reported
A congressional panel heard economists forecast a temporary crest in general activity with inflation as the dominant issue. Witnesses cautioned against deep tax cuts amid high government costs and noted uneven unemployment and lingering economic softness before a future upturn.
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Washington P
Congress
Senate House
Rep
Mills
Hoadley
Peter Henle
Afl-Cio
Henle
Test Pilot Rides Balloon to 18-Mile Altitude Record
Air Force test pilot Capt. J. Whittinger Jr lifts in a 3x7 foot capsule attached to a huge plastic balloon from Fleming Field to 96,000 feet, a new record. The flight lasts 78 minutes ascent with 1 hour 50 minutes at peak, conducted by Holloman Center with Winzen Research Corp. The next ascent will be Maj. David G. Simons. date forthcoming.
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South ST. Paul
Minn
Air Force
J. Whittinger, Jr
Rapid City
S D
Navy
Fleming Field
Weaver
Kittinger
Minneapolis
Lake Michigan
Tampa
Fla
Holloman Air Development Center
Alamogordo
N. M
Winzen Research Corp
David G. Simons
Lancaster
Eisenhower seeks $149 million post office funds
President Eisenhower asks Congress for a supplemental $149 500 000 for the Post Office Department to avert major mail service cuts starting July 1. The request would add to the $3 192 000 000 already appropriated for the new fiscal year, with Hagerty noting it remains the administration position that current funding is insufficient.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Post Office Department
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Summerfield
House
Senate
Costs to deliver free bars of soap burden post office
New Haven postmaster Frank A. Lattanzi estimates the Post Office spends at least 5000 dollars to deliver 70 000 free bars of soap mailed from Cincinnati as samples at 3 cents each. He notes handling costs run 10 to 12 cents per bar and cites prior year losses on free aspirin and toothpaste samples.
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New Haven
Conn
Frank A. Lattanzi
Post Office
New
Khrushchev TV Debut Promises Soviet System Wins
In his first TV appearance for American audiences, Khrushchev asserted the Soviet system would triumph globally and predicted even the grandchildren of U.S. viewers would see its victory. He projected confidence amid Cold War tensions.
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Khrushchev
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Party
Russia
Kremlin
Moscow
U. S
New York
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khruschev
Columbia Broadcasting System
Soviet Union
America
Wisconsin Governor to Call Special Senate Election
Wisconsin Governor Vernon Thompson announced plans to call a special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by the death of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. He said the date would be set later in the week.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Vernon W. Thomson
Joseph R. McCarthy
Edinburg Woman Killed in Ohio Auto Crash
Virginia Ruetz 25 of Edinburg Shenandoah County was killed when her car left the road and struck a bridge in Preble County Ohio The husband Ray 25 and infant son Marshall were in poor condition at Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton Ohio Stricken victims identified by highway patrol.
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Capper's
Clowe's
Hodgson & Brown, Jewelers
the Jewel Box
Johnston's
Rhodes Jewelry CO
Royal Jewelers
Leggett
Maine
Winchester Seed Company
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Everard K. Meade
Shade’s Park
Gray & Eddy
Clowe’s
Johnston
Mary Chess
Mariannes of
Philip L. Carper
Sharp St
Giles Lavender
Carpers
St. Hill
Elmer C. Lam
Rockingham County
THE
B. L. Livingstone
Lke
Worcester
Mass
Pleasant
City Hospital
Theodore Austin
Sadie Mason
Anna O'Brien
Mary Walton
Belmont Home
Edinburg
Ohio
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