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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1952
Page
14
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New York stocks reached a yearly high with rails driving gains. Atlantic Coast Line led with a notable rise, while Sea Board Air Line Santa Fe Southern Pacific and Illinois Central posted solid advances. The Associated Press average climbed to 194.50, the year’s best, with rail components also at a new high.
New York June 4 Rang at Dow Jones star averages with mixed results across indices. Industrials rose modestly while rails and utilities showed gains. closing averages and bond figures incomplete, with total transactions and sales noted but partial.
Mrs. George Kirkpatrick of Sheridan Circle described South Africa to Charleston Realtors at a luncheon. She noted reversed seasons, intense sunlight, main occupations like farming and mining, outdoor sports, and a history of racial demographics, including the white majority and larger nonwhite population.
In Chicago sales the market shows buyers active with hogs and cattle at varied weights and prices. Sows and feeder cattle mixed, heifers and bulls range 16.60 to 36.36, with steers mostly 27.50 to 36.28 and chickens not listed. In Pittsburgh salable volumes are 350 head, with receipts of cattle, sheep, and calves and prices broadly steady across categories.
Closing prices for Alleghany Corp and numerous industrials, chemicals, and utilities are shown by Waller Co. names include General Electric, General Foods, General Mills, Chrysler, Goodyear, Republic Steel, DuPont, Motorola, and many others. The list features many corporate identifiers, stock figures, and shorthand market notes from the era.
Six West Virginia students will be among Hampden Sydney College seniors to receive degrees during ceremonies Monday June 9 in Johns Auditorium Hampden Sydney VA The graduates are Ernest Clifton Fisher Huntington Marshall Lee Hogg Mt Hope Lewis Franklin Norton Huntington John Robert Reed Burlington William Remsey Richard Charleston Willem Downs Sites Martinsburg plus a long list of property transfers and deeds across Woodward Woods Union East Bank and Jefferson districts with numerous lot and parcel changes.
Daily Bible School will open Monday at 9 20 a m for a two week session under the direction of Mrs Joe Hudson. Teachers include Mesdames Ted Marshall George Legg and Thomas Graham and Miss Vera Snodgrass. Children from ages 4 to 18 may enroll and those under 5 may attend with a parent or older sibling.
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