Hosiery industry expansion and new businesses in College Village
A robust back to school economy sees hosiery mills running full shifts and expanding. Thornton Knitting Co plans a 60 by 110 addition at Denton to boost boys socks production, increasing payroll to 174 by mid November. College Village adds Friedmans, NC National Bank, and Fairlanes Bowlarama opening Sept 1, expanding center to 130,000 square feet.
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Congress
Thornton Knitting Co
Denton
Stuart Burton
Burton
Thornton Knitting
Ragan-Maurice Mills
N. C English
A. H. Ragan Jr
College Village
Friedman's
North Carolina National Bank
Bank
Lexington Avenue
Summer Economic Drift Reverses as 1961 Models Begin
AP reports a slow summer for steel and auto, with stock trading light but a hopeful shift. The first 1961 cars roll off lines signaling higher steel demand and rail freight, while July car sales dip 1.5 percent from July 1959. Production rises vs year ago but seven month output still trails 1959. Stock exchanges show reduced volume. steel output nudges up as orders grow. Iron Age predicts a bottom and a mild upturn after Labor Day with cautious optimism in retail back to school demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AP Business News
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Iron Age
Security Quotations and Industry Plans Highlight August 5 1960
Unofficial bid and asked prices from NASD and other sources serve as a guide to approximate ranges. Quotation origins available on request. The piece notes women’s fall apparel and reports the aircraft industry receiving a boost from announced plans for large plane purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Ralston adopts residential street parking ban
Ralston Nebraska bans parking on residential streets day or night in a city of 3800. Officials say the ordinance works and residents park on lawns or use off street spaces due to narrow streets and two lanes of traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralston
Neb
Omaha
Compacts Blur Auto Picture Sharpens in 1961 Cars
As 1961 models roll from U S assembly lines the Buick compact begins to cloud the auto picture. Dealers fear a long used car recession with four more compact models due this fall. Oldsmobile F 85 production starts next month and Pontiac Tempest may delay until October as compacts reshape the market. Magellan took 35 compasses on his round the world voyage.
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Carl J. Reith
Colonial Stores Inc
Reith
Kroger Company
Joseph Seitz
Colonial
Kroger
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Peoria
Terra Haute
Memphis
Atlanta
Dayton
Herald Tribune
New York
General Motors Corp
Chrysler
Middletown
G.M
Pontiac
Magellan
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New C.P.A
Clement A. Paffe Jr
High Point
State Board of Examiners
Pfaffe
Seidman & Seidman
Westover Drive
University of North Carolina
Leo Palmer
Southern Consumer Credit Clinic
Charlotte
South
Palmer
Merchants Association
Credit
Fort Benning
R. T. Amos Jr
George A. Covington
Holt McPherson
James H.millis
Wendell Patton
Jess Washburn
Heads Colonial
N. Main Street
R. Bruce Surratt
Charles W. Payne
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
School of
Consumer Banking
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Consumer Bankers Association
Washington, D. C
John R. Bullock
The
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
Bullock
High Point Association of Life Underwriters
Life Underwriter Training Council
Life Underwriters
By Joe Brown
Penserene
Pfaudler-Permutit
Public Service of
Pyramid Li
Abya Rawleigh
J.N. Eee
Roses
Rowe Furniture
Feee Ryder System
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BOM
Security Life & Trust
Seve
Adams Engineering Sonocoteeeeee
Aerottehondes Engineering
Allvac Metals
Ea9 Ia
Southweestern
Pac
American & Efird
American Fidelity
Southland Life
American Marietta Com
Spur Oi
American Marietta
Standard Register
Arnold Stone Co
State Loan & Finance
Atlanta Gas Light
Sterling
Bassett
Stevens
Bayless, A. J. Ad
Solevens
Black Panther
Carolina Casualty
Thermopilastics
Carolina Natural Gas
Tidewater Natural Gas
Carolina P.&l
Central Elec
Carolina Tel
Central Telephone Sone
Feomeine Co
Diesel Century Food Market
Walker
Walter
Jim Thea
Wesenee
Colonia
Watson Bro Tebe
Western
Teleevee
Point Mfg. Co. BT
Commonwealth Life Eee
Wise Homes
Seeseveee
Dusty Matteeeeee
Eastern Util
Asse
Electronics Acctg
Erwin Mills
Eebeewewe
Fidelity Sankers Life Vee
Pirst Son. Co
Pirst Union National Bank
Franklin Life
Prisikar Corp
Ovduwee
Garfinckel J
Griggs Equipment Eee
Guaranty Savings Life
Gulf Cities Gas
Gulf Life Insurance Ee
Cansee
Home Insurance Co. Bt
Houston Corp
Interstate Aeeunee
Inv
Ween
Caesas
Irving Trust Co . Ivey B. & Company
Jackson Minit
Jefferson Lake Petro
Jefferson
Life
Kaiser Steel
Kavanagh-Smith
Ketchum & Company
Lou Blower
Liberty Loan Corp
Life & Casuslty Inc Weer
Life Companies, Inc
Life Ing
Lilly & Company Oy
Btar
W. Roland Albertson
Life Insurance Com
Alvin T. Haley
C.L.A. General Agent
Eddie Ridge
Meinhard & Company, Inc
Fourth Ave
E. O. Lane
Sncness
Soso
Entingtandard
By Christina Kirk
John Q
J. B. Ivey Co
B. Ivey & Co
N. C
Raleigh
Asheville
North Carolina
Greenville
South Carolina
Daytona Beach
Orlando
Fla
J. B. Ivey
J. Sturgis May & Co
N. Car
Nat's Bank
N, C
Sturgis May &Co
Nat's Bank Bodg
Roy W. Gladden
Special Agent
Jefferson Standard Life Ins. CO
Sechrest Ambulances
Oxygen Equipment
Ience
J. W. Sechrest& Son, Inc
Dial
Main St
Anking
IRUS
North Main
S. Main
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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