Market Rallies Across Sectors Led by Motors and Oils
The stock market mounted a vigorous rally with gains in steels motors and oils and space age shares led by Motorola up about 7. Major movers included Texaco Jersey Standard and Royal Dutch. The Associated Press index rose 90 cents to 231.00 at noon with industrials rails and utilities advancing. Corporate bonds were mixed while government bonds edged higher.
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Motorola
Texaco
Jersey Standard
Royal Dutch
Ilinois Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
American Telephone
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
U.S. Steel
Associated Press
Security Quotations Compilation From Today’s Market
Quotations compiled at 11 a.m. today by J. Sturgis May & Company show price changes for numerous stocks. Major listings include Colonial Stores American Can Co. and Allied Chemical with varied percentages, along with Gulf Life Ins. Jefferson Standard Public Serv. of N.C. and many others.
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J. Sturgis May & Company
Security Bank
American Marietta
Bache & Co
Colonial Stores
American Can Co
Life A
Allied Chemical & Dye
Pic”'Acetg
Cordsainee
Adams-Millis Corp
Gulf Life Ins
American Tobacco Co
Jefferson Standard
the Borden Co
Mac Panel
Bethlehem Steel
Riedmont Nat. Gas
Burlington Mills
N.C
Chrysler Corp
Pyramid Life Ins
New York Central AR
Security National Bank
Cone Mills Corp
United Ins
Carolina Light & Power
Wachovia Bank
Douglas Aircraft
Slaying Is Called Work Of Maniac
Philadelphia police label the 16 year old Mary ann Mitchell homicide a maniacal sex slaying. Her badly beaten body was found in a Whitemarsh Township gully with a skull fracture and crude lipstick markings on the abdomen. Autopsy places death late Tuesday night. Police hunt the killer, with possible links to a December stabbing.
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Philadelphia
John J. Kelly
Maryann Mitchell
Manayunk
Whitemarsh
John L. Simpson
Montgomery County
Maryann
Weather note: sunset and sunrise times
The sun will set today at 5 16 p m and rise tomorrow at 7 31 a m.
Indian Newspapers Criticize U.S. Nuclear Test Ban Move
Indian papers denounce the United States plan to run its nuclear test ban on a day by day basis. The Times of India calls the move unfortunate while Hindustan Times features a Khrushchev cartoon with Eisenhower in a mushroom cloud halo gag.
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New Delhi
India
Today
U. S
Times of India
Hindustan Times
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Regional Forecast for Carolinas and Georgia
North Carolina shows fair to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Highs near 40s in mountains and lower 50s along the coast. tonight fair and cooler with lows 20s to 30s. Friday expected fair and somewhat warmer. South Carolina mostly sunny this afternoon with highs 47 to 52. tonight cold 25 to 30 inland and 30 to 33 along the coast. Friday increasing cloudiness with no major change. Georgia mostly fair this afternoon, warmer in the north. tonight frost possible. Friday partly cloudy and mild with lows 28 to 34 and highs 50s north to 60s south.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Eight stars pull out of Hedda Hopper TV show changes
NBC says the January 10 Hedda Hopper Hollywood program will feature a final cast change. Charlton Heston Mickey Rooney Bette Davis Steve McQueen Gary Merrill Robert Horton Joan Crawford and Tuesday Weld withdraw. replacements include Bob Hope Robert Don Murray Hope Lange Janet Gaynor Harold Lloyd John Cassavetes and Venitia Stevenson.
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Hedda Hopper
National Broadcasting Co
NBC
CBS - TV
Ed Sullivan
Miss Hopper
Sullivan
American Federation ‘of Television and Radio Artists
Screen Actors Guild
Guild
AFTRA
Charlton Heston
Mickey Rooney
Bette Davis
Steve McQueen
Gary Merrill
Robert Horton
Joan Crawford
Tuesday Weld
Bob Hope
Robert Don Murray
Hope Lange
Janet Gaynor
Harold Lloyd
John Cassavetes
Venitia Stevenson
Finlay’s Mosquito Transmission Theory Confirmed
Cuban physician Carlos Juan Finlay first posited that yellow fever is carried by mosquitoes. He faced ridicule but lived to see his theory vindicated by the Reed Commission in 1900.
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Carlos Juan Finlay
Finlay
Reed Commission
Weather outlook with snow showers across regions and cooler Atlantic coast
Snow showers and flurries are expected tonight in Western New York and Pennsylvania. Snow also is expected from the Plains westward to the California mountains and the Pacific Northwest. Western and central Texas will have rain. It will be cooler along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and warmer in the central portions of the nation.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Plains
California Mountains
Pacific Northwest
Texas
Atlantic
Pacific
The 1960s: gadgets, family life, and the era of change
A retrospective look at the sixties notes a rise in household innovation with dishwashers and big TVs while highlighting social shifts. It recalls the era of the organization man, efficiency studies, and rising social pressures amid Cold War tensions and global upheaval.
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Kansas
Dwight Eisenhower
White House
South Korea
North Viet Nam
Cuba
Free World
Berlin
America
Stalin
Weather Damage Hits Cotton and Soy Seed Germination
Wet conditions during harvest caused widespread germination damage to cotton and soybean seeds in North Carolina. About 50 percent of tested samples failed to meet state minimum germination standards. A coalition from the Agriculture Department NC State College NC Crop Improvement Assn and NC Foundation Seed Producers Inc offered guidance on labeling testing farm samples and storage to prevent further damage.
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Raleigh
State Agriculture Department
Agriculture Department
North Carolina State College
North Carolina Crop Improvement Assn
North Carolina Foundation Seed Producers Inc
Bond Bids Opened Jan 20 For $11 Million State Projects
Raleigh AP report says bids will be opened January 20 on 11.1 million dollars in state bonds to fund buildings and improvements at educational and health institutions. Gov Hodges and the Council of State set the date on the treasurer's recommendation.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Council of State
Edwin Gill
Ome
Gill
Forest fires burn average acres in U S 1940s
Between 1940 and 1950 forests in the United States burned an average of 22 622 000 acres annually, an area larger than Maine.
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United States
Maine
Missing Buses Case Involves Mexicans
A federal suit over missing buses links Mexican businessman Jose Fontecilla and Jose Castro with Spartanburg Carolina Scenic Stages. The case seeks 250000 in damages after buses were allegedly taken from a Texas parking lot and shipped to Mexico, with one found by Mexican authorities and the others traced to a Mexico City garage.
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Charlotte
Jose Fontecilla
Jack Love
Carolina Scenic Stages
Nat Hamrick
Rutherfordton
Spartanburg
S.C
Fontecilla
Laredo
Tex
Mexico
Jose Castro
Castro
Hamish Turner
Spar
Love
Rio Grande City
Texas
Mexico City
Officials Must Forward Court Results
Raleigh AP reports court officials who fail to send records of traffic law convictions to the Motor Vehicles Department face prosecution. Attorney General Horace Rountree noted delays after State Senator J Spencer Bell warned hundreds of convictions were not reported, undercutting the habitual violator license suspension system.
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Raleigh
Motor Vehicles Dept
Horace Rountree S
J. Spencer Bell
Motor Vehicles Department
Price-Fixing Judgment Entered Against Glass Makers
A consent judgment ends a civil antitrust suit in Roanoke Virginia against seven plate glass mirror manufacturers including three from North Carolina. The group allegedly conspired to fix prices for mirrors sold to furniture makers by using the same list prices and uniform discounts. Defendants include Carolina Mirror Corp North Wilkesboro Mount Airy Mirror Co Mount Airy Stroupe Mirror Co Thomasville Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Galax Mirror Co Inc Galax Va Virginia Mirror Co Inc Martinsville Va and Weaver Mirror Co Inc Rocky Mount Va.
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Washington
North Carolina
Federal District Court
Roanoke
U.S. Justice Department
Carolina Mirror Corp
North Wilkesboro
N.C
Mount Airy Mirror Co
Mount Airy
Stroupe Mirror Co
Thomasville
Treaties of the United States Guarded in Fireproof Vaults
Copies of the treaties of the United States are stored and guarded in fireproof vaults. The archival note underscores secure storage measures and the protection of historic international agreements.
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United States
Eea Ee
Gas Rates To Increase In Hickory
Carolina Natural Gas Corp of Hickory approved by the State Utilities Commission to raise sales to cover higher gas costs from Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. The levy will lift Carolina’s annual cost by 76443 dollars while only 49970 dollars will be recovered. The company operates at a loss serving Hickory Morganton Valdese Ma lden and nearby areas. Other applications from North Carolina Natural Gas Fayetteville Public Service North Carolina Gastonia and Piedmont Natural Gas Charlotte remain before the commission.
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Raleigh
Carolina Natural Gas Corp
Hickory
State Utilities Commission
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp
Transco
Carolina
Morganton
Valdese
Malden
North Carolina Natural Gas Co
Fayetteville
Public Service Co. of
North Carolina
Gastonia
Piedan Natural Gas Co
Charlotte
Syrian Cabinet Members Quit Resignations Hit UAR Leadership
Four Syrian cabinet ministers including Vice President Akram Hourani resigned in Cairo. No reason given for Hourani and the others. The move underscores President Nasser's frustration with Syrian parties resuming activity within the United Arab Republic.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Akram Hourani
Hourani
Nasser
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