High Point Building Permits Lag Behind 1955
Through July High Point permits total $3,643,089, placing the city ninth among 11 North Carolina reporting cities. Charlotte leads with $19,618,705, while six cities show increases over 1955 in the first seven months.
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High Point
Federal Reserve Bank
North Carolina
Charlotte
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
Durham
Asheville
Wilson
Gastonia
Rocky Mount
Salisbury
Ten State Life agents win trip from Atlantic City convention
Life agents and their wives are returning from Atlantic City New Jersey after attending the 1956 President Club Convention. Winners include Gordon B. Weathers Paul Surrett E L Farrar W L Campbell C E Rudd C M Combs R E Roberson L E Spell Max G Lanning and C Flynt.
Women comprise a third of U.S. workers outside farming
A 1956 survey shows women make up nearly 32 percent of clerical workers and 20 percent of operatives and foremen. Women hold roles across service, professional and technical fields, with under 8 percent in sales and less than 0.5 percent as laborers. The rise follows wartime shifts and persists postwar.
Hogs Up In Price In Week Of Market Gains
Chicago buyers report butcher hogs up 25 to 50 cents this week with sows 50 cents higher. Barrows and gilts over 230 pounds showed the strongest gains as small receipts kept pressure on prices. Cattle: prime steers rose 2 to 3 dollars, near 31 dollars, highest since 1955. Spring lambs were mostly steady to 50 cents higher. receipts remained light and helped lift prices.
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Chicago
Stassen Sees Win For Herter At San Francisco Convention
Prominent Republicans arriving for the coming convention offer views on Nixon’s renomination and open convention process. Stassen says the campaign grows and all options should be considered. Langlie backs Nixon. Knowland and Knight discuss backing and status quo. Romany comments on voting rights and Stassen’s voice. Hoover has a quiet time.
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San Francisco
Harold Stassen
Eisenhower
Stassen
Nixon
Arthur B. Langlie
Washington
Knowland
Knight
Mr. Stassen
Herbert Hoov
Insurance firm renames to Occidental Life Insurance Co. of North Carolina
W. H. Trentman, an executive since 1927, led a firm that approved a change of its corporate name to Occidental Life Insurance Co. of North Carolina. The move reflects the company’s branding shift while maintaining its existing operations and leadership.
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W. H. Trentman
Occidental Life Insurance Co
North Carolina
Winn-Dixie Opens New Thomasville Market
Thomasville welcomes a Winn-Dixie supermarket with a unique checkout system using numbered carts. Customers ride carts to their cars and an attendant loads groceries at a pickup door for curbside delivery.
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Winn-Dixie
Thomasville Wednes Ceremonies
Rye Shows Strength For Week
Chicago reports mixed gains across grains for the week with rye leading the advance as rye futures hit new seasonal highs. Soybeans rose over 3 cents, corn and oats posted smaller gains, and wheat paused after a sharp prior move.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
US Navy mission fights rat plague on Quemoy coast
Yrosuka Japan August reports a US Navy rat control operation on Quemoy during the summer under occasional gunfire from the Chinese mainland. Known as Operation Rat Race the effort used warfarin to eliminate about 24 000 rats in two weeks. Fleas on the rats carried bubonic plague.
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Yrosuka
Japan
U.S. Navy
Quemoy
Land Returned at Zama as US Returns Area to Japan
The U S Army announced that 1,689,162 million square feet of land were returned to Japan in July from the occupied zone at Zama.
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Zama
Japan
U. S. Army
Watchbands to complement graduation watches this summer
Kia Hart notes a wide range of watch bands for graduates and working women. Materials include platinum karat gold gold filled stainless steel with leather mesh panels and faceted links. Expansion bands come in various endpiece and panel configurations.
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Kia Hart
Miss Hart
Stock Market Down Second Week In A Row
New York reports the stock market slid for the second consecutive week amid lingering Suez Canal uncertainty and political distraction from the Democratic convention. Trading was light as many investors locked in gains and waited for clearer price direction, with the Associated Press average down 90 cents to 188.60.
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New York
Suez Canal
Wall Street
Associated Press
Bonds Suffer Slump This Week In Tight Money Market
New York August 18 Securities markets moved lower as tight money and high rates squeezed bond values across all categories. Government bonds fell for five straight sessions with the week's largest losses, municipal dollar bonds eased, and Illinois Turnpike 3s slid to 86 bidders.
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New York
Prussian Austrian Clash Over Potatoes Cost 20000 Men
In 1778 79 Prussians and Austrians fought eight months with about 20000 casualties over potato crops, Britannica notes.
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Hughes Tire Service
Armour and Co
Carolinas
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High Point College
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George Field Jr
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University of North Carolina
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Merit Shoe
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High St
Alton
High Street
By Joe Brown
NAM
Gov't Statistics
U.S
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Thomasville
Rye
George D. Davis
C.L.A
George P. Clark
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N. Main ST
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College Street
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