Stock market edges higher as early gains slim
NEW YORK stock market opened with a narrow gain as key issues edged up fractions while many others fell. Lukens Steel jumped after announcing a 50 cent dividend, while Western Union sagged on weak first quarter earnings. several major issues including U S Steel and Bethlehem rose modestly and the AP average was up about 0.3 points at noon.
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New York
Lukens Steel
Western Union
Lorillard
Polaroid
Youngstown Sheet
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic Steel
General Motors
Television Listings for WFMY Greensboro Channel 2
Channel 2 at WFMY in Greensboro lists 8:00 Leave It to Beaver followed by 8:30 Big Record.
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Wfmy-Tv
Greensboro
Market closes with mixed gains and scattered stock quotes
The section reports mixed moves with Industrials up 40 cents and rails up 20 cents while utilities hold. It lists 1 p.m. stock quotes from Bache & Co for major companies including American Can Allied Chemical DuPont Dow Jones General Motors Goodyear Kodak International Harvester Reynolds Tobacco U.S. Steel and others, followed by a stray note on the armadillo range from Oklahoma to Mississippi per Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Bache & Co
American Can Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Tobacco Co
the Borden Co
Bethlehem Steel
Burlington Mills & Corp
New York Central AA
Cone Mills Corp
Carolina Light & Power
Aircraft
DuPont de Nemours
Dow Chemical
Eastern Airlines
Consolidated Edison
Eastman Kodak
Greyhound Corp
General Dynamics
Electric
Gulf Oil
General Motors
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
International Harvester
International Tel
Standard Oil Co
Jones Laughlin Stee
Johns Manville
Loew's Inc
Norfolk & Western Ray
Phillips Pennsylvania Railway
Pepsi-Cola
Procter & Gamble
Reynolds Tobacco
Steel
Sears Roebuck
Civil Rights Commission Faces Confirmation Delays in Washington
Congress created the Civil Rights Commission and Civil Rights Division last year but the panel remains largely paper work as nominees Tiffany and White await Senate confirmation. Hearings occurred with mixed votes amid Southern opposition. White’s past defense of troops in Little Rock faces scrutiny as the division grows but has not yet filed new court actions under the act.
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Washington
Congress
Civil Rights Commission
Gordon M. Tiffany
Senate
W. Wilson White
Torney Gener Civil Rights Division
Justice Department
Tiffany
New Hampshire
Sen
Eastland
D-Miss
Judiciary Committee
White
Philadelphia
Ervin
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Office of Legal Counsel
Validity Of Old Forsyth Bond Questioned In Winston
Wallace L. Reynolds checks a $100 Forsyth County bond issued in 1861 to see if it is still valid. If valid, the document may be worth about $53,000 and is tied to W. E. Lehman of Bethania. The bond bears US tax stamps and is not Confederate. even if not redeemable, it holds historical value.
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Winston-Salem
Wallace L. Reynolds
Forsyth County
Winston - Salem
Reynolds
W. E. Lehman
Bethania
High Point
Anson County
A. C. Ray
Forsyth
Winston
Aggie course aims to help overweight students lose weight
Utah State University in Logan offers a new reducing class for students who are obese and unable to reduce weight on their own. The program targets overweight agricultural students and provides structured guidance to address weight concerns.
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Logan
Utah
Utah State University
Sputnik II May Explode On Descent
Smithsonian scientists predict Sputnik II with the dead dog will break apart as it descends Saturday over North America. If visible at night it may flare like a meteor, by day a smoke plume may appear. Predictions note air-tank pressure will exceed surrounding air as heating begins around 50 miles up. Eastern Time passages include Maine, Hudson Bay, Great Lakes region, and Alaska to British Columbia.
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Cambridge
Mass
Outer Space
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
John White
Smithsonian
United States
Canada
Maine
Hudson Bay
Great Lakes
New England
Northwest
Idaho
Alaska
British Columbia
Faubus Proclaims Mother-in-Law Day in Arkansas
Governor Orval Faubus designates April 20 as Mother-in-Law Day urging citizens to show affection and understanding to mothers in law across Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Moth
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