Stock Market Shows Thaw Amid Mixed News
The New York market edged higher midday with moderate turnover as several major groups posted fractional gains while some stocks fell. Great Northern Paper cut its dividend sharply sending the stock down, Curtiss-Wright also cut, and United Aircraft gained about one point. Leading rails and big industrials showed small advances as the AP averages rose.
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New York
Great Northern Paper Co
Curtiss-Wright
Chance-Vought
United Aircraft
Johns Manville
U.S. Gypsum
Zenith
Allied Chemical
Phelps Dodge and
Texas Co
Lorillard
Polaroid
Court blocks Nashville School Board desegregation plans
U S District Judge William E Miller blocks two Nashville desegregation proposals a three school plan and a parental choice plan. The ruling says neither plan meets constitutional standards and urges patience for progress toward full integration by next fall remains uncertain amid a complex desegregation dispute.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashvile School Board
U. S. District Court
William E. Miller
Miller
Cost Cutting Shapes Business Response in Recession
AP analyst Sam Dawson surveys corporate cost cutting as firms close plants and outlets, lay off workers, automate, reduce inventories, and trim travel. Maintenance, scrap metal, and efficiency drives aim to save millions, while some fear customer resistance to lower quality. Tomorrow: Cutting the cost of feeding you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AP Business News
Sam Dawson
New York
Acaeae Cencet
Chicago
Swift State Plant Welcomed by North Carolina Officials
Wilson is to host Gov Hodges and state leaders for the official welcome of Swift and Co a 3 million beef and pork packing plant scheduled to open by January 1 1959 employing 200 to 300 at start A luncheon at Wilson Country Club will follow a plant site motor trip Officials include L R Ballentine D W Colvard Henry Oetjen R P Jobb J T Outlaw William P Saunders Henry G Shelton John Taft and Norman Winslow leaders from NC Farm Bureau Motor Carriers and Cattlemen associations and the Norfolk Southern and Atlantic Coast Line railroads are also listed.
Gracie Allen Announces Exit From Show Business
Hollywood reports Gracie Allen will quit show business after 37 years to become a full time housewife. The 51 year old grandmother plans to end her Burns and Allen TV run next May and devote herself to home and family while George Burns remains active in television.
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Hollywood
Gracie Allen
Gabby Dimwit
George Burns
Gracie
Burns and Allen
Burns
McCadden Productions
Bob Cummings
People’s Choice
Jackie Cooper
San Francisco
Flood delays court basement work and repairs
County crews renovated the old Elwood Cox mansion for the Domestic Relations Court and state offices then began fixing the county building basement for Municipal Court. A burst pipe flooded the basement delaying completion and forcing tile removal and reinstallation after freezing caused more damage. Lanier warned of further problems as officials awaited the next development.
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Municipal Court
M. H. Waynick
Elwood Cox
State Revenue
Highway Patrol
County
City Court
Superior Court
Lanier
Expelled Girl Heads to New York for Private School
Minniejean Brown 16, expelled from Little Rock Central High, will move to New York to attend Lincoln School under a $1,050 scholarship. Dr. John J. Brooks, Lincoln School director, cites interracial and equal opportunity aims as motive for the enrollment. Brown was among nine Black students in integrated classes under federal troop protection since September.
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Little Rock
Ark
Minniejean Brown
Little Rock Central High School
New York
New Lincoln School
Minniejean
Brooks
Mother Says She Smothered Two Infants
In Newark two young children, Jeffrey aged 2 and Arlinda Carol age 1, were found dead from suffocation in their home. The 17 year old mother, Phillis Carolyn Jones, told police she did not want her kids to grow up in the world she lives in. Detroit Jones, the father, is stationed overseas as an airman. The family are Negroes and Mrs Jones left a note to her father seeking forgiveness before being taken to Newark Parental Home for investigation.
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Newark
N.J
Phillis Carolyn Jones
Jeffrey
Arlinda Carol
Detroit Jones
Joneses
Penguin Sparks Debate Over Antarctic Birds
AP reports from Wilkes Station that US Fish and Wildlife expert Carl Eklund asserts the penguin is dirty and dull while praising the south polar skua as noble and efficient. He notes skuas prey on penguins, help species balance, and demonstrate clever egg theft in coordinated pairs.
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Rennie Taylor
Wilkes Station
Antarctica
Antarctic
Carl Eklund
Fish and Wild Life Service Station
Atlanta
Wilkes International Geophysical Year Station
Eklund
President Seeks Far Reaching Foreign Aid Funds
President Eisenhower asks Congress for a nearly four billion dollar foreign aid package to bolster NATO allied forces in Europe and Asia, fund defense support to Korea Viet Nam and Turkey, promote stability in Morocco and Libya, support malaria eradication and Latin America training, and cover UN and refugee programs along with an emergencies fund. The plan includes supplying advanced weapons and expanding the defense budget.
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America
Eisenhower
Congress
Coney
NATO
Southeast Asia
Korea
China
Viet Nam
Turkey
Morocco
Libya
United States
Strategic Air Command
Latin America
Sphinx Receives Beauty Treatment For Desert Erosion
In the Egyptian desert a 4 500 year old statue of the Sphinx requires periodic repairs to fix wind driven sand damage. A conservation team reports ongoing restoration needs and protective measures for this ancient monument.
Cold Spell Eases But Northeast Still Struggles With Storm
A relief effort continues as the nation endures a record weekend snowstorm. Isolated rural villages face fuel and food shortages while transportation suffers. Death toll rises to 209 across 26 states from Maine to Alabama amid ongoing, heavy snowfall.
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Lakes
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Missouri
Iowa
Maine
Alabama
Baptist Work Director J L 65 Dies in Columbia
J L 65 director of Sunday work for the State Baptist Convention died at Baptist Hospital in Columbia. A native of Anna Illinois he lived in Columbia 38 years and held posts with the Illinois Southern Baptist conventions. He served as associate in Baptist Sunday School work and taught at Mars Hill College before moving to South Carolina. Survived by wife two daughters a sister and several grandchildren. Funeral set for 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Baptist Church.
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Columbia
J. L
State Baptist Convention
Baptist Hospital
Anna
Til
University of Illinois
Southern Illinois Teachers College
Southern Illinois
Illinois Southern Baptist Convention
South Carolina
First Baptist Church of
Greenville
Mars Hill Baptist College
Mars Hill
N. C
E. F. Crimm
Shelby, N.C
Charlotte Hutchinson
Mack Dillon
Kansas City
Baptist Church
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SS Steel
American Telephone
General Motors
Chrysler
Goodrich
Anana
Homestake
Santa Fe
American Airlines
Associated Press
Business Mirror
Dow-Jones
Bache & Co
Swift
Cleveland
Burnses
Sandra Jean Wilhoit
Ronnie
Wilhoit
Penguin
Ece
U. S
Organization of American States
United Nations Children's Fund
City Fuel CO
Mabe
Leonard ST
Governor
Clinton
Penn Station
Giles
Gen
Mgr
THE
Rip van Winkle
Merit Shoes
Baptist Sunday School
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
High Point
George EB. Holt, Jr
FAR Beiter Ling
Perpetual’s
Perpetual
N. Main St
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