Show CORPORATE TE BONDS RETAIN FIRMNESS I NEW V YORK Jan 23 The RI-The The corporate e bond market retained its it firm fir appearance Thurs Thursday ay I Activity was pronounced in the I priced low rail rai and industrial groups which had many issues selling 1 to 2 points point above Wednesdays Wednesday's close cose U. U S. S government bonds displayed feeble rallying tendencies with gains of 2 or 3 in the ma ma- Gainers of 1 or more points point in inthe inthe inthe the corporate section included BalI Baltimore Baltimore Bal Bal- I Ohio 4 s at 70 Columbia Colum bia Gas at Erie Eric at 76 8 7 and Illinois Central at 69 Foreign issues showed modest improvement im im- im- im provement provement A further rise of or nearly a n point in Colombian was a lea fea ea- ea ture |