Market steadies after early dips on Telautograph and Comptometer
New York stocks firmed from an initial decline with mixed results in moderate trading. Telautograph and Comptometer, pressured by heavy demand, faced delays and reopening moves. Telautograph opened down two percent then recovered slightly, while Comptometer rose about four to five percent after a delayed start. Noon quotes show varied gains and losses across major issues including American Can, Allied Chemical, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, Dow, DuPont, Eastman Kodak, and Greyhound as trading continued.
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New York
Telautograph
Comptometer
Cotton futures unchanged at New York open
Cotton futures opened steady with Oct at near 31.03 and Dec around 32.22 to 32.40 as market listings show several major U S companies trading with gains. The report lists price quotes and notable stocks in the day’s market wrap.
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New York
Beveun Waanwes
Peaknae
Maysesesveeeees
Ey Gebsattedsen
Suncdusseaies
RG Cee Teuwnees
OPER
Sree Hussain
General Dynamics
General Electric
Gulf Oil
General Motors
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
International Harvester
International Tel & Tel
Standard Oil Co
Jones Laughlin Steel
Johns Manville
Norfolk & Western Rwy
Phillips Petroleum
Pennsylvania Railway
Pepsi-Cola
Proctor & Gamble
Reynolds Tobacco
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
J. P. Stevens Co
American Tel
Tel
the Texas Co
Union Carbide & Carl
United Aircraft Corp
Westinghouse Electric
Ship’n Shores
Sickness To Cost Movie Makers
HOLLYWOOD AP Marilyn Monroe rests in hospital as illness halts shooting on The Misfits. Clark Gable may face Oct 1 contract completion with overtime at 48000 dollars weekly. Monroe suffers acute exhaustion after weeks of filming in extreme heat near Reno Nevada.
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Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Miss Monroe
Reno
Nev
Conferees clash over foreign aid and wage bill details
House conferees led by Rep. Albert Thomas resist adding 190 million dollars in foreign aid while agreeing on 305 million related items. Senate reversals on aid prompted irked members. Eisenhower seeks preauthorization for Latin American aid totaling 500 million, plus 100 million for Chile earthquake relief. Senate eyes cold war academy bill. sugar bill action remains uncertain.
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Senate
Albert Thomas
Tex
House
Eisenhower
Bogota
Colombia
U.S
Chile
Dominica Republic
Aid personnel being withdrawn from the Dominican Republic
U.S. officials say American aid personnel are being withdrawn from the Dominican Republic after breaking diplomatic ties with Rafael Trujillo's regime. The OAS urged economic measures and the United States suspends its educational training aid worth about a quarter of a million dollars annually, with ten ICA staff in Ciudad Trujillo.
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Washington
U.S
Dominican Republic
United States
Rafael Trujillo
Organization of American States
Costa Rica
OAS
International Cooperation Administration
Ciudad Trujillo
Paper Seldom Loses On Gamble With Sunshine
St Petersburg Florida The St Petersburg Independent marks 50 years of its sun shine gamble started by Maj Lew B Brown on Sept 1 1910 giving away the daily issue whenever 24 hours pass without sun. Only 211 free editions given in half a century. Officials and staff plan a golden anniversary celebration Thursday.
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Maj
Lew B. Brown
The
Independent
St. Petersburg
Moon Mountains Measured by Shadow Heights
Scientists determine lunar mountain heights by analyzing shadow lengths. Measurements use solar geometry to estimate elevations, comparing shadow tips to known lunar topography and applying trigonometric calculations.
Indian protest over school access turns to legal action
The unrest centers on no Indian school in the area and demands for equal rights. Parents and children attended fall registration as classes started, with enrollment limited by the county board. Eugene Chance, a protest leader, faces grand jury indictment for dynamiting a school bus on New Year's Eve.
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Supt
Proffitt
Archie Taylor
District Superior Court
Eugene Chance
Harnett County
Chance
Grand Jury
Clinton School
Bus Truck Collision Leaves Seven Dead Near Santiago
In Chile seven people died and 30 were injured when a bus and a truck collided about 30 miles north of Santiago. Officials investigated the causes as rescuers aided survivors at the scene.
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Santiago, Chile
Here
Dow Jones Averages At Noon And Close Report
The Dow Jones averages show the 30 industrials at 695.67 at noon and 626.40 at close. The rails sit at 196.41 and 196.93, utilities 95.83 and 95.38, and the overall index 207.14 and 206.79 with volumes 1 310 000 and 2 890 000.
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Bache & Co
A.m
Congo premier orders profound reform of ancient structure
Lumumba announces restructuring Oriental province turning tribal chief territories into rural communes and creating peasant cooperatives to mobilize the economy. Serge Michel dismisses mob attack on eight American airmen and two Canadians as mutinous bystanders, noting conflicting reports from communists and others.
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Congo
Oriental
Michel
Eastern North Carolina Leaf Prices Irregular
The Associated Press reports irregular leaf prices Tuesday in Carolinas flue cured tobacco belts with mixed trends. Eastern Belt shows gains and losses while Border Belt declines. Monday's seasonal highs were $57.29 and $63.08 per hundred respectively as offerings ranged from poor leaf to good primings.
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Carolinas
North Carolina
Carolinas Border Belt
Federal State Market News Service
Automotive Starters and Chains Patented by Regional Inventors
A Midwestern engineer is credited with inventing the automotive self starter while a New Englander is noted for developing the anti skid chain. The brief item highlights regional engineering contributions shaping early automotive tech.
Children Of NAACP Leader Barred From White Schools
In Charlotte the NAACP president Kelly M. Alexander fails to have his two children admitted to white schools for a fourth straight year. He argues white schools offer better education, claims the board sanctions segregation, and notes court action may follow to enforce non segregation in public education.
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NAACP
Charlotte
North Carolina
National Assn. For
Advancement of Colored People
Kelly M. Alexander
Alexander
U.S. Supreme Court
Seven Engineers Missing in Ecuador Jungles
The Defense Ministry said seven men on an engineering trip remain missing after 40 days in the eastern Ecuador jungles. The party was traveling toward a frontier post on the Putumayo River with air patrols unable to locate them.
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Quito
Ecuador
Defense Ministry
Putumayo
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