Market Dips Limited as Ampex Drops on GE Tie
In moderates volume trading in New York the market edged higher overall with narrow moves. Ampex fell sharply on renewed GE-related concerns while steels and utilities firmed. aircrafts rails building materials and tobaccos slipped. The AP average rose slightly as bonds traded unevenly and noon quotes showed American Can at 41 1/2.
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Market Snapshot Shows Dow Averages and Volume
The page lists Dow Jones Averages and related figures with a note of volume at 90,000 in the market column. No additional context or names are provided.
Our Richest Christmas for a 6 Year Old Peter
A brief Reader's Digest ad notes how a poor family could not buy tree lights or an angel but a six year old named Peter made a present that turned into the richest Christmas ever for the family.
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Boy Faces Hearing In Slaying
A 16 year old Raleigh youth Howard Laws Jr will face a preliminary hearing in Raleigh City Court on a charge of murdering his mother Ruth H Laws. He is a junior at Needham Broughton High School and a football halfback. He has been held in Wake County Jail since the Christmas week shooting.
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Sniper Confession in Christmas Eve Homicide Case
Floyd E. Hargrove 35 confessed to being the sniper who shot Charles R. Clark 35 through a kitchen window on Christmas Eve. Lake County prosecutor Edward Ostrander said authorities were missing corroborating evidence. Hargrove, a divorced father of five, was involved with Lois Clark 30 wife of the slain man.
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Hodges Thanks Martinsville For Capture
Gov. Luther Hodges of North Carolina thanks Martinsville officials for police work that captured Ivy Bluff prison escapee Charles W. Yank Stewart after a bridge crash. Mayor John W. Shultz and officers receive personal letters dated December 22.
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State's Fayetteville Victim and Suspects Identified in Stabbings
Fayetteville area reports a 62 year old Dockery unity resident stabbed to death with two other women held for questioning. In separate shootings two men died J. C. Tucker 52 from High Point Coleman Dawkins Jr. 23 of Charlotte and Jackit Lowry of Hope Mills near Fayette.
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Weather shifts to rain and freezing rain across southern regions
Weather reports indicate heavy rain in southern coastal areas with freezing rain inland, affecting travel in the south. Smoggy conditions hover over northern and central New York. Showers reach the Lower Great Lakes and Ohio Valley toward the Gulf, with temperatures around 60s and 70s in Florida and 30s to 40s along the Pacific coast.
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Investors Guide Stock market shifts nudge cautious investors
The column notes two week market gaps with techs and basic sectors moving differently. It urges focus on conservative convertible securities and tax advantaged vehicles while acknowledging earnings valuations and long term questions about estate transfer and ownership.
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Rural families terrorized by gunman in Spartanburg county
A man armed with a pistol and a submachine gun terrorized two rural families Saturday night in Spartanburg County. Melvin Lee Ross, 27, of Duncan was held for questioning. No injuries were reported as a shot damaged a tree and a bottle was struck during a confrontation at two nearby homes.
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Traffic death toll rises with holiday period records reported
A nationwide survey shows 370 traffic fatali ties in the midways and plains during a four day weekend with 78 hours counted. Deaths include 22 in fires and 68 in miscellaneous accidents. Weather and fog slowed travel as millions of motorists returned home. Last year’s comparable period had 444 fatalities by midnight Dec 27, with 559 for the full 102 hours. A prior high 884 total in 1956. The second notice is an estate administration for Marcus Grady with an attorney and filing dates December 1959.
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Democrats Eye Nixon Run and Potential Running Mates
Washington observers debate Nixon’s possible 1968 bid and which Democrats might challenge him. Backers of Kennedy Humphrey Symington Pat Brown and Stevenson push their favored nominee, while Kefauver notes Rockefeller withdrawal signals GOP control. Names mentioned for running mate include Mitchell Rogers Seaton Keating Scott Underwood Del Sesto Quinn. A public foreclosure notice appears in Guilford County.
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Earth Slides Push Train into Sound North of Seattle
Two earth slides within twenty minutes derailed part of the Empire Builder about 30 minutes from Seattle injuring ten people, six crew. Six other cars derailed or displaced, Coast Guard boats ferried crews to safety as debris covered up to 700 feet of track. No damage estimate available.
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German Is Charged In Assault
The 19 year old Helmuth Mainardy son of a German army captain stationed in Washington is charged in Brooklyn with trying to rape a police officer's wife. Detained after a struggle with officers Mrs Sandel and her husband pursued him until police helped subdue him. The captain father says his son has no prior trouble.
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Joan Sandel
Earl
Administrator's Notice of Estate of Alice Wright Deceased
Chas M Ivey Jr administrator of Alice Wright Deceased of Guilford County North Carolina invites claims by a deadline of 1960. A sale listed for January 20 1960 in Greensboro to satisfy repairs on a 4 door truck K1104138 serial K41 owned by Paul? The notice dated December 22 1959 signed by Payne Truck Sales Inc and Byerly & Post Morgan.
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