Clerk Admits Thefts From Whisky Store In North Carolina
Newton, NC sheriff reports 32 bottles missing from the ABC store valued at about 400 dollars. Joe Franklin Arndt, an employee, confessed after a lie detector test and posted 1000 dollars bond for a Friday hearing in Catawba County Recorders Court on larceny charges. He admitted taking bottles over eight months, reselling them and replacing others from storeroom stock. there were no other implicated workers. The store reopened after the investigation began Saturday following an ABC Board inventory.
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Newton
N.C
C. Wade Davis
Newton Abc
Davis
Joe Franklin Arndt
ABC
Raleigh
Arndt
Catawba County
ABC Board
Donald F. Shuford
Shuford
Man Admits Indecent Phone Calls in Huntersville Case
Ronald M. Coleman, 22, a Charlotte clothing store salesman, confessed to indecent telephone calls to women in Huntersville after a two year investigation. Police said 40 to 50 calls were reported with more likely unreported. Coleman was arrested at his home while on the line with a woman. a previous eight month suspended sentence for similar charges was noted.
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Charlotte
Huntersville
Mecklenburg County
Ronald M. Coleman
Coleman
G. A. Stephens
Greensboro Man Takes Bridge Prize
W. B. Woodson of Greensboro won the best individual performance prize at the seventh annual Central Carolina Contract Bridge Championships in Winston-Salem. More than 175 players from seven states competed over three days with Woodson overcoming a Saturday deficit to clinch the final day. Runnerup was J. A. Smith of Leaksville and third went to Mrs. L. L. Froneberger of Gastonia. In team play, the winners were Ike Wilson and John Warlick of Kings Mountain, with T. H. Hartley of Charlotte and A. C. Current Jr. of Gastonia.
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Winston-Salem
W. B. Woodson
Greensboro
Central Carolina
Ike Wilson
John Warlick
Kings Mountain
T. H. Hartley
Charlotte
A. C. Current Jr
Gastonia
Dell family begins emigration from London to Canada
Twenty six members of the Dell family plan to move from London to Canada. An advance guard of two brothers has arrived to arrange details, staying with their sister Mrs. Joyce Vella in Toronto. They cite the Suez crisis impact on Britain as the reason for leaving.
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Toronto
Canada
Dell
London
Joyce Vella
Britain
First ACS coal laden ship sails to Europe from Baltimore
The SS Casimir Pulaski, loaded with 9 800 tons of coal for Europe, sailed as the first ship of American Coal Shipping Inc ACS amid labor unrest. Picketing by MEBA MMP and SIU halted operations until court orders allowed loading and arrests of over 20 pickets.
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Baltimore
Casimir Pulaski
Atlantic
Europe
American Coal Shipping, Inc
ACS
Aanier
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
ACL
Wilmington
N.C
Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn
MEBA
Masters, Mates and Pilots Assn
MMP
Searfarers International Union
SIU
Edwin Harlan
Supreme Bench
Betst
B&o
District 50
National Maritime Union
NMU
Pulaski
Savannah
Charleston
D.C
Weekend Property Damage Accidents Reported
Three women were involved in a Highway 311 crash north of High Point with about 1000 dollars in damage. Nellie Davis Castillo was cited for following too close after attempting to pass Margaritta Leredith Cauley as Carol Rose Crotts approached from the opposite direction. No injuries were reported. A second wreck on Highway 29 70 South near Guilford County caused about 1600 dollars in damage to a tractor trailer driven by Cecil Altom Allman and a car driven by Rev. Raymond Lee Hudson. The truck swerved off the road while passing a jeep and overturned. No injuries occurred. Patrols continued to investigate a third weekend incident involving a car that struck a mailbox and a utility pole on Centennial Avenue. the driver fled.
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High Point
Nellie Davis Castillo
E. Washington Street
Margaritta Leredith Cauley
Greensboro
Carol Rose Crotts
Winston-Salem
Cauley
Castillo
Crotts
Guilford County
Highway Patrol
Cecil Altom Allman
Sansbury
Raymond Lee Hudson
Route 4
Hudson
Centennial Avenue
Sprinkler Firms Face Federal Antitrust Indictment
A federal grand jury indicted 12 sprinkler system manufacturers and distributors for unlawfully allocating customers in North and South Carolina. Named defendants include Blaw-Knox Grinnell Automatic Sprinkler Rockwood Globe Viking High Point Nash Crawford General Industrial McCrary and Industrial Fire Protection.
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Charlotte
North
South Carolina
Blaw - Knox Co
Pittsburgh
Grinnell Co
Providence
R. I
Automatic Sprinkler Corp. of America
Youngstown
Ohio
Rockwood Sprinkler Co
Worcester
Mass
Globe Automatic Sprinkler Co
Philadelphia
Viking Sprinkler Co
High Point Sprinkler Co
High Point
N.C
Nash Automatic Sprinkler Co
Graham
Crawford Sprinkler Co
General Automatic Sprinkler Co
Industrial Fire Protection Sprinkler Co
McCrary Automatic Sprinkler Co
Greenville
S.C
Shaving Reduces Speed Limit On Hollywood Freeway
Traffic officer S. W. Combs cited Jerry A. Prod for speeding on the Hollywood Freeway noting a prudent speed limit exceeded while Prod was shaving with an electric razor. A 55 mph limit normally applies but the officer marked the condition as beyond prudent speed.
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Hollywood
Jerry A
Steel sector upbeat as 1956 profits rise despite big firm dips
Business Mirror notes steel firms report 1956 ending on high notes with 18 companies showing net profits of 807 million, down 12.9 percent from 1955 due to U.S. Steel and Bethlehem. Despite this, orders and production look strong with plans to invest about 1.5 billion this year, spurred by expected labor peace and expanding capacity.
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U. S.steel
Bethlehem
Andun
American Iron and Steel Institute
Steel
Air Officer Held In Theft Of Polio Funds
Lt Col Dwight T Robinson 40 assigned to Washington DC was booked for petty larceny in Bronson Florida after stealing a March of Dimes container and a newspaper from a service station near Otter Creek. Turner called him the meanest thief of the year and said the container with funds was found on his seat when stopped 12 miles away.
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Bronson
Fla
Air Force
Levy County
J. W. Turner
Dwight T. Robinson
Washington, D. C
Turner
Robinson
Punchatala
Otter Creek
Mac Hodge
Stock Market Mixed as Steel Slump Offsets Copper Lows
Midmorning trading showed a mixed to flat session with key stocks fluctuating between gains and losses. Steel shares dipped with Youngstown inching ahead while U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic Steel slipped. copper prices fell on news of reduced backlogs and price cuts.
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Olf Ag Gar Bee
Youngstown
Major Firms Share Market Tings List
A compilation of prominent companies including Cotton Goodyear Tire Rubber International Harvester Standard Oil Co Pepsi-Cola Procter & Gamble U. S. Steel Westinghouse Electric Co United Aircraft Corp and many others appears in the index. The survey names firms across industries from rail to consumer goods and energy.
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Goodyear Tire Rubber International Harvester International
Tel & Tel
Standard Oil Co. Jones Laughlin Steel Johns Manville Loew's Inc
Norfolk & Western
Phillips Petroleum Pennsylvania Railway
J. P. Stevens Co
American Tel
the Texas Co
Union Carbide & Carbon
United Aircraft Corp
Westinghouse Electric Co
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
F. W. Woolworth Co
Dow Jones Averages Report With Index Figures
The Dow Jones averages show readings across industrials utilities and stocks with figures including 148.32 for industrials 76.28 and 76.41 for utilities and other listings. Volume figures noted as 399,000 710,000 and 1,480,000 accompany the quoted indices.
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Bache & Co
Jana
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