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US and GB to authorize sale of western property under decartelization plan; stock of newly-formed independent cos to be offered; move results from breakdown of 4-power control office; size of cartel and assets revd
Mt Marcy wins Saranac Handicap
Merchandising effects of the 11 per cent rise in steel prices at the mill will vary considerably, depending upon the degree of absorption which manufacturers may or may not find possible or competitively advisable, it was reported here yesterday.
Peak employment and record corporate earnings have resulted in a vast increase of the number of issues listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
1948Steve Goodman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1984)[†]
Steven Benjamin Goodman was an American folk and country singer-songwriter from Chicago. He wrote the song "City of New Orleans", which was recorded by artists including Arlo Guthrie, John Denver, Willie Nelson, and Judy Collins. In 1985, Goodman received the Grammy songwriter award for best country song. Goodman co-wrote "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", which became the best-selling song of country musician David Allan Coe. A lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, Goodman wrote "Go Cubs Go." Goodman died of leukemia in September 1984.