Mixed closing on Wall Street as year 1961 winds down
Near year end 1961 trading was heavy with the AP 60 average down .30 at 262.60. Industrials slipped .70, rails fell .10 while utilities gained .10. Stocks moved in small fractions as disappointment over no yearend rally mixed with hopes for 1962.
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ED Morse
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Associated Press
U.S. Steel
American Telephone
General Motors
Ford
Five Dollar Bill Found In Nutshell
Mrs Henry Dayberry shelling walnuts at her Grandview home on Christmas Day cracks a dubious nut then her granddaughter Carmen Jones finds a small five dollar bill inside the hulls prompting surprise and amused exclamation.
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Kansas City
Henry Dayberry
Grandview
Carmen Jones
Cotton Futures Open Mixed After Early Move
New York AP reports cotton futures opened five cents per bale lower and fluctuated to ten cents higher than the prior close as traders weighed early price signals.
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New York
Ervin Probes Ft Jackson Court-Martial over Influence Claims
Senator Sam Ervin says a Congress study will probe a Ft Jackson court martial involving Pfc Tommy Kitchens to determine if military authorities pressured the defense. The case and an associated letter warning on penalties prompt claims of command influence and possible due process violations.
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Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Ft. Jackson
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Senate Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
Pfc
Tommy Kitchens
Kitchens
Congress
Court of Military Appeals
Military Appeals Court
Robert N. DuRant
Kenneth H. Lambert
DuRant
Mrs. Wilson dies after long heart illness in 1961
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of President Wilson, died after years of heart disease. Her condition worsened Thursday and she died at 10 45 p.m. Two nieces were at her bedside. She helped screen callers and study papers after 1919 stroke and nursed him in his final years. Francis B Sayre Jr unveiled the Woodrow Wilson bridge plaque in her absence. Kennedy praised her as a shaper of international cooperation. Critics called her regency after the 1919 stroke.
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New York
John Meeling
Chicago
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Woodrow Wilson
Potomac River
Washington
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Kennedy
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League of Nations
White House
Raleigh Man Kills Janitor And Himself
A Raleigh man described as out of his mind with jealousy killed Ed Riddick a 50 year old janitor who had gone to install a chain lock at Frances White s apartment and then shot himself when police arrived Currin 98 had recently left the Memorial Hospital psychiatric ward and was on bond for an assault charge investigators say he left a note about Wade and that he and Mrs White had been dating but she had ended things last week
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Sidney T. Currin Jr
Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
Frances White
Ed Riddick
White
Currin
Riddick
Wade
Mrs. White
Man Shot To Death In Cleveland County
Marshall Key a Negro in his 40s was shot to death Thursday night at a house north of Polkville in Cleveland County. Flate Robinson 55 was jailed on a murder charge after claiming Key attacked him and his wife prompting the shooting. The slaying occurred at Robinsons home and the coroner planned an autopsy. Robinson is held without bond awaiting Recorder's Court.
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N.C
Marshall Key
Polkville
Cleveland County
Here
Haywood Allen
Flate Robinson
Allen
Robinson
Key
Dale Costner
Jim Norman
Jim McKinney
Ollie Harris
Currin Found Dead From Bullet Wound in Suspected Incident
A report describes Currin lying on the floor with a bullet wound to the head in what authorities suspect to be a fatal incident. The fragment hints at a crime scene investigation and the search for evidence and motives.
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Currin
Man Sent To Jail In Traffic Case
Ezra Robert Sexton of Whiteoak Street was convicted for failing to report an accident and for public drunkenness and violating prohibition laws. He received 60 days for failing to report, plus 30 days for each of the other two offenses. Police said he rammed a telephone pole on Oct 20 and fled the scene, later found drunk at Clara Cox Apartments with Vodka nearby. He pled nolo contendere and cited sleep deprivation and ulcer medication as factors.
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Whiteoak Street
Sexton
Cable
Russell Streets
Clara Cox Apartments
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