Wall Street Drifts Lower Amid Mixed 1957 Trends
Stocks in New York fell as leading steels motors and rails hit new 1957 lows while autos faced layoffs and slow retail sales. News of easier money markets offered little relief as investors awaited Eisenhower health updates and the Paris NATO summit. Downgrades and few gainers kept mood uncertain with Du Pont and several industrials among decliners.
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New York
Wall Street
Eisenhower
NATO
Paris
du Pont
Douglas Aircraft
General Dynamics
Lockheed
Judge Keeps Old Ruling After New Plea in Breeden Case
In municipal court Judge Haworth heard new evidence but retained the prior six month sentence for Jesse Elwood Breeden who was charged with aiding an escaped prisoner and resisting officers. Breeden had served seven days, posted a $750 bond, and was released awaiting appeal. Other cases included drunken driving and related charges with varied terms and suspended sentences.
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Byron Haworth
Jesse Elwood Breeden
Breeden
Hazel Johnson
Haworth
William Durnnt
Hoover Street
Jethro Freeman
Booker Street
Wesley Eugene Mills
Clara Cox Apts
Mills
Randolph Superior Court
Asheboro
Leon Johnson
Chestnut Street
Johnson
Jessie Marie Roney
Ennis Street
Howard Saltz
N. Main Street
Fred Hitchcock
Greensboro
Plastic newcomers step out in growing industry race
Two new plastics enter the market as Hercules Powder Co and Montecatini plan launches. Hercules will start polypropylene production at Parlin New Jersey with 20 million pounds annually at 65 cents a pound, aiming for later price reductions. The material, high temperature melt but strong at heat, is used in meat and vegetable wraps and squeeze bottles, with others considering licensing and broader use in walls and curtain walls of skyscrapers.
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New York
Poly
Hercules Powder Co
Montecatini Chemical
Italy
Hercules
Parlin
N. J
Calendar Mixup Delays Warning Test At Office
Civil Delonas officials report an office clerk was away yesterday. At 11 o clock this morning she triggered the panic button, correcting a misdated calendar that had Tuesday mistaken for Monday during the warning test.
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Delonas
Principal Burford advances at national school meeting
Wil liam Penn High School principal S E Burford returned from Richmond where he attended the 24th annual meeting of the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. He was elected assistant secretary to the Commission on Secondary Schools and to a three year term on the association's executive committee.
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S. E. Burford
William Penn High School
Richmond
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Virginia Union University
Burford
Commission On Secondary Schools
Association
Louisville
Santa Arrest Shocks Paterson in Downtown Bust
In Paterson New Jersey a child dressed as Santa Claus was picked up by police after a three hour downtown solicitation. Age listed as 10 the boy reportedly collected $6.65 from passersby and was taken into custody.
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Paterson
N.J
Santa Claus
St. Nick
President on way back to complete recovery says Adams
Sherman Adams told a St Louis finance group the President is returning to health and in excellent shape. He noted the President has kept constitutional duties and decisive leadership during illness and is back in the saddle. Hagerty urged limiting press cars after reporters were involved in traffic incidents behind Eisenhower’s Gettysburg ride.
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Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Republican Finance Group
St. Louis
Adams
Hagerty
Gettysburg
Secret Service
Expelled Dutch In Singapore Amid Indonesian Tensions
Dispatch from Jakarta reports Dutch citizens in Medan ordered to leave by Justice Minister Gustaf Manégkom as Dutch shippers halt Indonesian port activity after ship seizures. Refugee families aboard a first plane include four women and nine children, many employed by KLM. U S envoy Allison discussed possible help with Subandrio and Premier Djuanda in Jakarta.
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Indonesia
Jakarta
Medan
Sumatra
Gustaaf Manégkom
U.S
J. M. Allison
Subandrio
Djuanda
Washington
Allison
Bandung
Bogor
Semarang
Indies
English Judge Orders Elwes Jailed For Flouting Court
Judge Ronald F Roxburgh ordered 26 year old Dominic Elwes jailed for disobeying an injunction to return 19 year old shipping heiress Tessa Kennedy from Scotland. The Edin burgh Court of Sessions had blocked the marriage but made no order to return Tessa to England. Kennedy and Elwes had fled to Edinburgh to wed where parental consent not required for over 16.
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London
Dominic
Elwes
Tessa Kennedy
Scotland
Simon Elwes
Tessa
Ronald F. Roxburgh
Edinburgh
Roxburgh
Edinburgh Court of Sessions
England
Geoffrey Farrar Kennedy
Daska McLean
Exiting residents rush to flee uncertain future
Many residents showed strain from leaving homes jobs and belongings while expressing eagerness to depart at the earliest opportunity amid an unsettled future.
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