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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1956
Page
2
The Kennelly Heaviside layer of the upper atmosphere reflects radio waves enabling wider reach. Cotton futures opened 15 cents a bale higher to 10 cents lower today in New York trading.
An ad touts St Joseph Aspirin as the fastest relief affordable for headaches and colds. It markets 100 tablets for 49 cents and claims minimal stomach upset with the product name and brand emphasis.
The University of South Carolina, chartered in 1801, claims the distinction of being the oldest educational institution in the United States entirely funded by state money.
A lineup of children and family programs with news updates and Westerns. 5:30 Looney Tunes leads into 6:15 News Reporter and 6:30 Bill Hickok with 7:00 Kit Carson followed by 7:40 Talbert Trio and 7:45 News Caravan. 11:15 Adventure and 11:30 Tonight air later.
Stock market advances widen with steel and motor stocks leading. Youngstown Steel gains reach five points on optimism about the steel industry and auto demand. Chrysler Ford General Motors and Studebaker-Packard show modest to fractional increases as Boeing United Aircraft and North American Aviation edges improve.
The Dow Jones averages show mixed moves with industrials around 496.74 at noon and rails slightly higher after an open gain. Leaders Southern Railway and Southern Pacific rose, while Pennsylvania and New York Central eased. Lone Star Gas dropped percent on a large block. The AP average for 60 stocks rose to 182.00 at noon, with industrials up 90 cents and rails up 20 cents.
Thirty three U S district attorneys from fourteen Southern and border states convened in Washington to decide measures to ensure compliance with constitutional racial equality on common carriers. Att Gen Brownell had called the closed session after the Supreme Court struck down Alabama segregation laws, aiming to secure observance of the Constitution and federal law by carriers and others enforcing segregation.
Business leaders across oil autos steel rails textiles and banking predict a stronger year ahead though some towns face slowdowns. Economists foresee US output near 430 billion and consumer spending rising about 10 billion with auto sales around 60 million units for 1957.
The article reports Kadar’s government launching a forceful new campaign against rebellion in Hungary. It notes a nationwide strike call by the Budapest Central Workers' Council and a rapid government blackout. Martial law decree bans workers' councils while permitting factory councils.
The document asserts that tyranny violates core rights including life liberty and security of person. It condemns arbitrary arrests, unequal treatment before the law, unfair hearings, and restrictions on thought conscience religion and expression. It stresses that government authority must be based on the will of the people.
The Bank of London operates 750 offices and employs 18 000 staff, according to Britannica.
At least 13 persons died by violence in North Carolina over the weekend. The report lists multiple traffic crashes and a fatal shooting, naming victims and locations from Pembroke to Marshville and near Sanford, Raleigh, Taylorsville, and Winston-Salem with ages ranging from 13 to 64.
Japanese revived the term divine wind to honor a 13th century typhoon that thwarted Mongol invasions and later invoked by World War II pilots hoping for a sacrificial boost to Japan.
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