TV Highlights: Anniversary Night With Classic NBC Dramas
NBC salutes its elev nth anniversary with Bret Harte's The Outcasts of Poker Flats starring George C. Scott and others directed by Paul Stanley. Other listings include Disneyland Stormy the Thoroughbred Wagon Train Beaver and The Millionaire stories and boxing at Houston Coliseum. William Shatner stars in A Man in Hiding on CBS Steel Hour.
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Decline Reported In Inventories
Washington reports March inventories for manufacturers wholesalers and retailers fell, with durable goods driving the drop. Total inventories seasonally adjusted slipped to 88.3 billion dollars from 89.3 billion prior month, while retail sales remained at 16.1 billion.
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Nuclear Goblins Wreck Havoc In Outer Space
Astrophysicist Dr. Fritz Zwicky of Caltech writes in the Griffith Observer about tiny energy bits he calls nuclear goblins. He links these goblins to sun explosions and suggests Newton’s law of gravitation may fail in certain galactic cluster observations at Palomar Observatory.
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Economic shifts show wholesalers tap decline in demand
The report notes retailers raised spending by 400 million dollars to about 25 percent of a billion while wholesalers reduced by 200 million to about 10 percent of a billion, signaling divergent market trends.
Television Schedule Snapshot for Various Programs and Films
A dense listing of TV and radio programming across channels with times, titles, and featured performers. Highlights include NBC News with Doug Edwards, Last of the Mohicans, Wagon Train, Disney specials, and classic films like High Barbaree starring Van Johnson and June Allyson.
Suffolk to Observe 150th Anniversary Festival May 11 17
Suffolk and Nansemond County celebrate 150 years with a week of events led by the chamber of commerce. Festivities include a 400-person stage production in Peanut Park titled The Cavalcade, a time-honored beard and bonnet fashion revival, a special slogan cancellation by the Post Office, and a Kangaroo Court with Keystone Kops for lighthearted public fun.
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Nansemond County
Reorganization Plan Compromise Studied in House
In Washington Democrats weigh a compromise on Eisenhower's reorganization plan as Rep. Clarence Cannon and Rep. Carl Vinson clash over defense role expansion. Cannon urges end to interservice bickering and waste cutting while Vinson and others resist sweeping power shifts that would undercut Congress control of the armed services.
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Jefferson Davis Captured at Irwinville Georgia
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, was captured on May 10, 1865, at Irwinville in Georgia. The event marked the end of his pursuit following the Civil War’s conclusion.
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Hercules Powder Plant at Hopewell Goes on Strike
At Hopewell Virginia the Hercules Powder Company plant halted operations as 800 United Mine Workers members walked out after a deadlocked contract dispute. Supervisors and essential workers entered only to shut down the facility which employs over 1,000 people. The strike marks the plant’s first in its history.
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UMW
Venetians Question Canal Count and Foundation Risk
The user asks how many canals exist in Venice and whether water in them damages foundations. No article text provided to summarize facts.
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City canals navigate a maze of 150 waterways
The city is crossed by about 150 canals some under 10 feet wide. Every ten years all Venetian canals are cleaned and the building foundations are inspected during this operation, highlighting ongoing deterioration in the structures.
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