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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, February 15, 1959

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   Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Sunday february 15, 195 the stabs and strikes Page 23 Stock rises 8 Points to spark Market rally new York up an 8-Point Rise in Dupont amid talk that the company will be allowed to Dis tribute its general motors Stock holdings to shareholders tax free sparked a late Sharp Rise ,0% the Stock Exchange Friday. The sunup came As the Climax of a somewhat uneventful session which generated volume of Sioto 000 shares Only 440,000 shares to Ethan thursday s Hollday lightened total the late Rush for Dupont one of the bluest of the Blue chips lifted that Stock 814 Points at it High. It held All but % Point Clos ing at 215%, up 8%. Heavy demand for american Tel Ephone reportedly institutional buying lifted that Blue Chip 2% to 237h. There were gains of 2 Points or More in Eastman Kodak Goodyear tire Firestone tire Zenith and International Telephone the last responded to news that it has been chosen by the air Force to handle in association with radio corp. Of America systematic improvement and modernization of the air Force communications sup port system. International Tel Ephone gained 3% to 61%. Raitt to 46%, Fruehauf trailer was an Active feature gaining Over a Point on the Day s heaviest turnover the company announced it is building a $2 million trailer manufacturing Plant near Ontario Calif. Inland ran up 4 Points in a Strong steel sector. There we regains of a Point or More in Lukens Jones & Laughlin Wheeling. Youngstown and Continental Chrysler picked up Over a Point and american motors nearly one in a firm Auto list moving up in chemicals were Thi Okol with a 4%-Point Rise and Allied Union Carbide. Dow and Eastman up a Point to 2. Except for a 2-Point drop in Indiana City braces levee against flood continued from Page 1 dents already had fled their Homes. The weak Point in the levee Wasa Section which collapsed under the weight of floodwaters last june and had not been repaired. The june floods inundated 40 per cent of the town forcing a third of the residents to flee to dry  its week Long rampage across Indiana the Wabash has chased about 2,000 persons from their Homes killed at least three and caused damage estimated at $45 million. Ice Jam threat another disaster still threatened upstream beyond Lafayette. A huge ice Jam about 12 Miles Long and at one Point 35 feet High showed signs of breaking up under temperatures of 60 degrees. Army engineers warned a breakup could launch the ice on a Bridge ripping Home damaging rampage All the Way to West Terre  of the ice Jam was expected to be ordered by  w. Handley if the situation became worse. Handley also or dered cranes and engineers stationed at 10 threatened Bridges. Meanwhile two new Indiana towns were hit by flood crises As the Tippecanoe River Rose at win Mac and Buffalo. Nearly 50 families in the area were forced to flee their  Buffalo about 50. House trailers were inundated and an ice Gorge four Miles Long piled up at the City Bridge. A main Bridge i Winamac was closed by High water. New threats floods and threats of floods arose in Many sections of the mid West As mild temperatures in creased the Runoff from a  Sandusky River in North Western Ohio also was on the Rise and ice jams on the Portage River posed a threat for Pemberville Ohio. Near Chandlerville iii., an ice Gorge about four Miles Long and 35 feet thick clogged the san Gamon River threatening the town of 1,000 and a state Highway Bridge. Pigeon with taste likes jewelled Birdseed new York a Rosin Pagan. Brazilian Singer and actress told police Here a Pigeon robbed her of a 6h-Carat Diamond ring valued at $7,000.she said she was polishing her nails in. The bedroom of her fifth floor Manhattan apartment and placed the ring on the Siu of an open window. A Black Pigeon perched on the Sill picked up the Emerald Cut Diamond ring in its beak and flew , the Singer told police that sort of thing does not happen in Brazil. There she said the pigeons stay in the  Bonn soviet sign new $250 million Trade protocol Burke believes soviet May have missile sub Bonn a the soviet Union and West Germany have signed a Trade Accord covering goods exchanges Worth $250 million. Among the items Russia will Send Here Are a certain number of private  Accord covers the second year of a three year agreement the first Trade pact Between Bonnand Moscow. It was signed with a big fanfare last year when soviet Deputy Premier Anastas i. Mikoy an turned up for the  terms of the three year agreement protocols must be signed each year covering details of that year s exchanges. Officials announced that in addition to the items exported Here from Russia last year the soviet Are permitted to ship in an unspecified number of private cars. West Germany will Send to rus Sia As it did last year specialize types of motor vehicles such As fire trucks and Street , Gentian manufacturers will Send out finished goo Sand Industrial products. The chief soviet exports will be Timber cellulose crude Oil and other Oil products plus wheat Coal and  Overall agreement provides for three year exchanges Worth $750 million. This represents some 2 per cent of West German Trade. Washington up adm Arleigh a. Burke has told con Gress that Russia May already have submarines that can fire ballistic missiles. He said the possibility of a successful attack with such weapons is very great. But the chief of naval operations said he believes the nations have already reached the Point where neither Side would dare to use Hydrogen warheads. He Esti mated that an All out . Nuclear attack on Russia would kill 20 to 40 per cent of the soviet Popula Tion. Burke s testimony Given behind closed doors Jan. 30, was released after Security deletions by the sen ate disarmament subcommittee which has been investigating the possible military effects of a ban on nuclear weapons tests. Burke revealed that a test ban would halt Navy efforts to get Small nuclear Antisubmarine Shell that could be fired from existing warship guns. The possibility of Surprise at tack by submarines is very great and it is causing us a great Deal of concern he said. Asked if the soviets have a considerable number of missile carry ing subs Burk said i think they could have ballistic submarines now. I do not think they have very  the first . Ballistic missile sub is due in i960. He confirmed reports that the defense department has asked an increase in production of plutonium explosives for Small nuclear weapons on other Points Burke said the Arctic Ocean would be an effective place from which to launch submarine missiles on rus Sia because there Are holes in the  he said the Navy has had no trouble in underwater test launching of the Polaris. The . Has made some significant improvements in recent weeks in solid fuel rockets but it could  Well be that rus Sia is ahead in both propulsion and guidance of missiles. He said America has the larger atomic stockpile. Pressing emergency Cincinnati up or. John Ziegler sent for a copy of federa government publication no. 15700 handbook for  two weeks later 15,700 copies of the publication arrived at his Home. Richfield Oil stocks were higher. Rails had  features aside from Norfolk a Western which ran up 3 Points. Utilities were Strong with gains of 1% in Cleveland electric a Point each in Houston lighting and Pacific Gas. Panhandle East Ern pipe line however continued soft losing another % Point of a total 1,212 issues traded 674 were higher. 303 lower on the  the american Exchange prices were irregular trading Active. Metal shares and specialities featured on the upside. Closing Stock prices included chemicals Dupont 215ft, 0% aim 98. Up i Union Carbide 122%, up 1% Thi Okol 101. Up 4 i Dow 79 /4. Up 2, steels Bethlehem. 52%. A % . 8tl89%, up % Lucent 87%, up 1% Inland 14. Up 4 Janes Laughlin 63%. Up i wheel uni 51%, up 1% Youni town 126%. Up Continental 65%, up 1%. Motors Chrysler 53%, up in. General motors 46, up i a Ford 54. Up american 33%. Up %. Oils Rucht Lold 98, Oft 2 Royal dutch 45 a up i cities service 61, up i i tires Goodyear l23up 2 a Firestone 133j. Up 2%. Electronics Zenith ioiv4, up 3 inter National Telephone 61 a up 3% Leiler 34%, up i it Beckman instrument 44up i Raythelon 61 a up i. Rails Louisville & Nashville 83 a up �4 Norfolk & Western 89%, up 3. Utilities Cleveland electric 49 up 1% hoi Ilston lighting 73, up i Pacific Gas 63, up i Panhandle Eastern pipe line 54%, off it. Miscellaneous american Telephone 237 a. Up 2%. Cluett Peabody 55. Up 2 Cora Ini Glass 05. Up 2v pan american 28, up Iva Lorillard 81%, Oft in Mann Etta Minuni i20 of up 2 /4 Maytag 6214. Up to motor products 68, up 2 Philadelphia and read ing 88. Up 4new York up the Range of Dow Jones Stock averages Fri Day opon close 30 industrials 581.48 587.97 20 rails 159.81 160.77 15 utilities 90.29 00.81 65 stocks 202.28 24.10 Chance up 6.08 up 0.65 up 0.43 up 1.61 . Stock Market closing prices by United press Friday thursday International your guide to Good listening in the dec sunday american forces network 0700 new 0705 Navy hour 0730 make Way Tor youth "0755 Don t you believe ii 0800 new 0805 sunday Clr Eui 0900 newt0925 Salt Lake Tabernacle choir 0830 protestant hour 1000 news 1005 Walts time 1030 ave Maria hour 1100 news 1105 protestant radio Chapel 1145 e. Power Biggs 1200-news. Sports 1215 album for sunday 1300 news 305 family theatre 1335 spotlight 1400 ntw1405 7th army symphony 1500 Newt 151505 presenting Basi Rathbone 1515 beat in Minlo 1600 news 1605 scope 1800 niws1805 recollections at 30 1830 8ez who 1855 heritage1900 news 1905 Hollywood music Hall 1930 Johnny Dollar 2000 news 2006 people Are funny 2030 Mitch Miller 2100 news 2105 an playhouse 2200 Newe sports 2215 International. _ bandstand 2240 Dufty s tavern 2245 strange 2300 new2305 Romance in Muile 2330 mood piece .2355 this thing called Toto 2400 news 0005 serenade 0100 Newt German to four found dead incas Fille Home Toul Rosiere France up an american Mother and her three Young children were found dead in their Gas filled Home near this . Air Force base and police said they appeared to have committed . Irene Thackery 29, appeared to have turned on All. The Gas taps in her Home killing her self and her daughters Gloria 6. Denise 2%, and Monica 1, police . Thackery s husband sgt Robert Thackery was on duty at the base at the time. The Thack Erys Are from Indianapolis. The bodies were discovered by maj Earl Parker of Nashville tenn., the base chaplain we o was paying a routine Call on mrs. Thackery. ,. Friday thursday 1200 International round table 1430 children s hour 1626 puppet play 1730 handball 1930 weekly Mirror .2000 brilliants from Vienna musical 2130 Gerhard Marks 1255 sign on 1300 look up and live 1330 report from Rutgers 1400 see it now Isoo Goll _ 1600 feature movie 1700 Roy Rogeri 1730 Lassie too to be announced Ramstein of to 1815 news sports 1830 Burns and Allen 1900 air Power 1930 Dennis Day Ioco de Sullivan -2100 Mon of Annapole 2130 court of last resort 2200 Rye got a secret 2230 thin my 1500 news 1530 championship Bowling 1600 let s take a trip 1630 on our merry Way 1800 you Are there 1830 $64,000 Challenge Span Dahlem of to 1900 Telephone time 1930 True Story 2000 to show 2100 de Sullivan 2200.silent service 2230 \i8tloe 23qo bwe Ike nominates two cols in Usa eur for Star Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial Usa eur he announced saturday that cols William w Harris and James l. Snyder have been nominated by the president for promotion of brigadier general. The nominations have been made to the Senate and upon Confirma Tion the officers will be promoted As vacancies occur. Harris is Usa eur Deputy Chislof staff for administration and. Logistics. Snyder is the commanding officer of the 549th Hospital Cen Ter v Alco products 20% 20% Allegheny Lui Ilum steel 49% Allied chemical 98 97 Allis Chalmers 27 a 27 a. American airlines 28% 28 a Amer Broad Paramount 21 a 20% american Cyan amid 47% american Metal 29 a 29 /4 american motors 33% 33 american Radiator 16% 6 i Amer smelt & refine common. 50% american t & t 237v, 234% american tobacco 99 Flo a Anaconda Copper 68% 67% Armour common 27% 27% Atlantic refinery common 48 a 48% ave Orfi. 11% 11% Baldwin Llma Hamilton 14% 14% Baltimore Ohio 42% 42y Beech aircraft 32% 31% Bendix aviation 71% 69% Bethlehem steel 52% 52 Boeing air plane 4l 40% Burlington industries l5vi i5 a Campbell Sou 51ft is Canadian Pacific railway 30 a 30% Carrier corp. 43% 43% celanese Cora. 27% 27% Chrysler corp. 53% 52% Columbia Gas system 22% con. Edison 63% 63% Continental steel 65% 63% Crane co. 37% 37 a Curtiss Wright 29% 28% Douglas aircraft s4 / 52% Dow chemical. 76v 78 Dupont de Nemours 215% 207% Eastern airlines 39 37% Eastman Kodak 144 142 Faro held eng a air plane 9 8 a general dynamics 59 a s9 general electric 77 /8 76v general food 77% 76v general motor 48 45% Gillette co. 46% Gumbel Bros. 4l / 40 a Goodyear tire 123% 121 Gulf Oil 114% 1141/4 int business machines 506 503 int. Harvester 4iv 41% int Nickel 91% 91% int text 8l /4 97% Jonii Laughlin 83% 82% Kennicott Copper he it 04 Lockheed aircraft 30 /. 30 Loew s. Ing. 21 20% Montgomery Ward 41 41 Morris Philip Ine. 62 63 National aviation 27% National Cash Register a 72% 72% National distillers 29 now Stork Central 26% 26% North american aviation 4i1/ Olin Matheson 44% 43% Owens Corning flee rules 64 u3v.j pan american airways. 2 iof Paramount pictures 16 so a Pennsylvania a r. Iliva ili6 Pepsi cola 29 28 /4 dunnes Petroleum 4us/4 49v? pure Oil co. 41% 41 radio corp. Of Amerlia 46 a 45% Republic aviation 26 a 27 Republic steel 70 89% Reynolds Metal s. 88 68 scars Roebuck Skelly Oil Socony Mobil Southern Pacific Sperry Rand corp. Standard brands Standard Oil California Standard Oil Indiana Standard Oil new Jersey Studebaker Packard Swift & co. Texas co. Texas Gulf Sulphur trans world airlines Union Carbide Union Pacile United aircraft . Rubber . Smelting . Steel Warner Bros. Pictures Westinghouse elect Rio Woolworth . Co. 43% 67 4f 05% 22% 68% 55% 52%iavh 37% 78% 22% 1714 122% 37% 49 m 74 u /4 43 07% 46% 65ft 22 g8 56 40% 82 13v 371478% 22% vic 121 37%01 48% 34% 89 /4 29% 73% 54% Mutual funds prices Friday thursday bid asked bid asked 7.24 7.83 affiliated fund 7.21 7.805.54 6.05 atomic Fung 5.49 5.99 5.71 6.22 axe Houghton be. A 9.89 6.11 8.50 9.24 axe Houghton cd. A 8.47 9.21 17.04 18.42 Boston fund 16.97 18.31 18.66 20.19 Canadian fund 18.76 20.30 14.95 16.16 Canada general 14.07 -1mb 9.61 21.20 chemical fund 19.42 21.00 9.66 10.53 Commonwealth inv. 9.64 10.40 4.64 15.91 Commonwealth st. Be. 14.50 15.89 11.94 13.13 Delaware fund 11.87 i3.0s 3.01 3.30 dividend shares 2.99 3.2 12.62 13.72 Dreyfus fund 12.50 13.89 23.23 24.84 Eaton Howard Bai. 23.16 24.71 23.45 25.07 Eaton & h we st. Be. 23.35 24.97 15.72 16.99 Fidelity fund 10.66 16.92 4.55 financial Industrial 4.12 4.si 9.95 10.00 founders Mutual 9.m 10.72 18.50 19.89 fundamental investors 10.02 i9.7� growth Indus. Shares 17.27 17.79 4.94 5.40 Hamilton cd. H-c7 4.00 8.36 4.89 bid Hamilton cd. Hoa 4.85 big 2.52 2.76 income found. Fund 2.51 2.75 10.91 11.93 institutional found. 10.86 11.88 11.02 12.06 institutional growth 10.95 11.97 10.25 11.20 invest. Co. Of Amer a 10.18 11.13 22.55 22.55 Johnston Mutual cd. 22.43 22.43 6.48 7.11 Knickerbocker fund 0.46 7.08 11.49 12.56 Lexington ventures cd. Ii Job 12.44 12.86 13.90 mass. Inv. Growth 12.78 13.82 13.20 14.27 mass. Inv. Trust 13.12 14.18 3.36 3.64 Mutual Trust cd. 3.33 3.62 11.86 12.84 National invest. 11.85 12.88 4.32 4.72 Nat i  series 4.29 4.69 7.34 8.02 Nal i see. Growth 7.20 7.93 8.79 9.61 Nat i Sec. Stock 8.74 9.s5 6.44 7.04 Nat l Sec. I income 6.41 7.01 11.01 12, nucleonics u a t. 11.72 12.81 16.88 10.35 Pioneer Mutual cd. I6.7u 18.25 13,72 Putnam George cd. 13.70 14.89 17.26 39.76 state Stroei 37.3? 39.87 a.67 10.57 Texas fund -j.64 -10.50 13.8 i5.i4 television elect. 13.77 ib.01 11,84 12.87 United accumulative 11.76 12.78 10.89 ii-b4 United income 10.82 11.76 12.34 i3.4u United science 12.25 13.39 8.09 8.84 Wall st. Inv program ? 8.82 10.13 11.0? Washington Mutual 10.06 11.01 13.83 15.08 Wellington fund 13.70 10.01  
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