Economy Cools But Prices Edge Higher
Dun and Bradstreet reports wholesale prices hit a 1957 low while the U.S. Labor Department notes consumer prices at a record high. Officials expect consumer prices to hold steady then ease slightly, with reductions in gasoline and copper. Corporate earnings show gains for DuPont Chrysler Colgate Palmolive and others, while blue chip giants like General Motors and Socony Mobil post declines. At Eisenhower’s Business Advisory Council meeting Weeks says a pause for breath may curb living costs but could raise unemployment. tax cuts may reduce tax revenue and dim future relief.
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Dun & Bradstreet
U.S. Labor Department
Bess
DuPont
Chrysler
Colgate-Palmolive
P. Lorillard
Liggett & Myers
Socony Mobil
National Cash Register
American Smelting & Refining Co
General Motors
Hot Springs
Eisenhower
Business Advisory Council
Commerce Weeks
Weeks
Stocks Take a Wild Week Across Markets and Sectors
Walter Breedf Jr. reports a volatile week in New York stocks with cautious optimism on the economy. Employers added jobs in autos and farm machinery while aircraft, oil refining, and meat packing cut headcount. steel and machine tool metrics showed weak demand. consumer retail spending remained strong as price trends zigzag.
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Omy
Uncle Sam
Wall Street
Television grid for four channels listing shows by time
Channel 4 runs 5:00 Sports 5:15 News 4 Corners 5:30 Traffic Court 6:00 Star and the Story 6:30 People Are Funny 7:00 Perry Como 8:00 Club Oasis 9:30 Hit Parade 10:00 News 11:30 Insp. Sign Off Channel 5 lists Capital Caravan to Victory at Sea and major programs including Grand Ole Opry and Lawrence Welk Show Channel 9 schedules The Early Show Highway Patrol Perry Mason Gunsmoke The Gray Ghost and Canterville Ghost with late news and a 10:15 Late Show Canterville Ghost.
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G. McKenzie
Manhattan
G. Storm
Tove Gun
Will Travel
Boone
Canterville
Channel 4
Steve Allen
Dinah Shore
Loretta Young
Harbor Command
Sunday TV Schedule and Pro Football Preview
A dense list of daytime and prime time programs across channels with movies, news, sports, and specials. Notable entries include Redskins press conference Pro Football Sunday scoreboard See It Now 20th Century Lassie Bachelor Father Ed Sullivan Alfred Hitchcock and various talk and mystery titles.
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Channel 9
Bill Hickok
Redskins
Ed Sullivan
G. E. Theater
Alfred Hitchcock
Community Chest Signs Erected At Agency Offices
The Red Feather signs will appear soon at Salvation Army Winchester Day Nursery Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and Child Guidance Center offices marking each as a Service of the local Community Chest. The Chest’s annual fund campaign supports six agencies in 1958 with partial support for the Children’s Home Society of Virginia and USC.
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Salvation Army
Winchester Day Nursery
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Child Guidance Center
Community Chest
Newro Day Nursery
Fremont St
Chest
Children’s Home Society of Virginia
USC
Gladyce Crawford
C. Ridgely White
F. L. Sargent, Jr
Lewis H. Hyde, Jr
Acreage Reserve Agreements Remain In Effect Through Year End
W T Powers state administrative officer clarifies that 1957 Acreage Reserve contracts stay in force until December 31. Land designated cannot be cropped or grazed except fall seeding of small grain for 1958 wheat. Harvest limits apply to unharvested commodities based on farm acreage allotments minus reserve land.
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W. T. Powers
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee
Powers
Churchill sings with old schoolboys at Harrow
Sir Winston Churchill visited his alma mater Harrow School last night joining about 600 boys in a hearty singsong. The former prime minister sang from memory popular school songs passed down through generations at the historic hilltop institution near London.
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Harrow
England
Winston Churchill
London
Wintry Weather Hits East with Snowfalls Across Regions
The Associated Press reports cold wintry weather gripping the eastern half of the country as temperatures plunge to near 10 degrees in North Dakota and around 50 along the Gulf Coast. Snow flurries affect the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Valley with up to three inches in some lake shore areas.
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Associated Press
Gulf Coast
Mercury
North Dakota
Gulf of Mexico
Montana
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
U.S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Midway Airport
Lake Michigan
New England
Pedestrian Dies After Ambulance Collision in Accomack
A 67 year old pedestrian Thomas Williams of Necro Mappsville was killed when struck by an ambulance driven by John Nunn of Morristown New Jersey at the US 13 and State 769 intersection just south of Mappsville bringing Virginia road toll to 720 for 1957. The incident occurred last night increasing highway fatalities for the year.
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Associated Press
Accomack County
Thomas Williams
Necro
Mappsville
John ®. Nunn
Morristown
N. J
US 13
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Oral Roberts
Don Owens
Channel
Lawrence Welk
Mike Wallace
Safeway Theater
Max Resnick
Geoweeown U. Forum
Sacred Heart
Elizabeth
Embassy Row
Paris
N.O.P
U.S.A
Paul Winchell
Texas Rangers
Dr. Christian
Maverick
Channel 7
Miller High Life
Dearing Beverage CO
Polly
ESSIO
Pocahontas
A. C. Slonaker & Son
Amherst St
Churchill
Highlander's
Loudon St. MO
Fivis Presley
Larce Champion
Las Vegas
Nev
Washington
Gower
Shenandoah Valley Bank
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Strong
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Almond
Virginia
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Baginning
US Supreme Court
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State Supreme Cort
Tarred Doom
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Ted Dalton
George F. Scheulen
Frederick County
Republican Campaign Committee
Cain Furniture Store
Rouss City Hall
Kling National Window
Kling
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House & Garden
Cherrybrook
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