Stock Market Mixed as Losses Narrow Across Sectors
The Associated Press average of 60 stocks fell 30 cents to 171.70 at noon as industrials dipped 50 cents and rails and utilities eased 10 and 20 cents. Major oils and steel groups showed mixed moves with several firms gaining fractions while others slipped slightly.
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Egg Ge Page Cag Bom
Sanel’ En Cou Waneenen
Lukens Steel
Gulf Oil
Sinclair
Texaco
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Royal
Steels
Republic
Youngstown
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Anaconda
Kennecott
International Nickel
du Pont
American Cyanamid
Allied Chemical
Union Carbide
Associated Press
Giants Pull Down 1956 Profit In Industry Report
New York figures show 697 large firms reporting 1956 net income totaling 10.66 billion dollars, down 1.1 percent from 1955. Despite gains in coal and steel, overall profits lagged due to strikes and higher operating costs, with oil firms still expected to post strong results.
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Commerce Department
Associated Press
Industr Steels
Future Teachers At HPC Name Reigning Couple
Ronald Everett of Tarawa Terrace and Jane Bundy of High Point were chosen as Mr and Miss Future Teacher by the High Point College Future Teachers Association. Bundy an elementary education major is secretary of the Day Student Organization and social chairman of Kappa Sigma Delta. Everett a double major in business and French is president of the Tower Players and the Methodist Student Fellowship.
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Ronald Everett
Tarawa Terrace
Jane Bundy
High Point
High Point College
Future Teachers’ Association
North Carolina Educational Association
Wilmington
Medzini
Spey
City College
New York
Israel Student Council
East Coast
International
United Nations
Pecette & Lot
Greensboro High Point
Miss Khalaf
United States
Warren-Wilson Junior College
Guilford College
Jordan
Kurland
Russian Institute
Columbia University
Woman's College
Columbia
Woodbine Baptist Church Names New Pastor
Church members reported the Rev Earl Greer has been named pastor of Woodbine Baptist Church. Deacons said the Rev Gordon had previously held the post and resigned amid recent congregational actions.
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Woodbine Baptist Church
Earl Greer
Gordon
Bove
Symposium At Piedmont Toastmasters Club Meeting
A Piedmont Toastmasters Club symposium at the Rainbow Supper Club featured member speeches on toastmastering. After each talk a six minute discussion followed with participants Hubert Rockwell Jack Peacock Clarence Wagner Ben Witherington Ever ette Hill Jack Britt and Gene Marsh.
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Piedmont Toastmasters ‘Club
Rainbow Supper Club
Hubert Rockwell
Jack Peacock
Clarence Wagner
Ben Witherington
Everette Hill
Jack Britt
Gene Marsh
Wilmington Azalea Festival 10th Annual Plans Revealed
WILMINGTON N C W G Broadfoot Jr festival president announced the 1957 Azalea Festival scheduled March 28 to 31. The program features movie stars golf pros and a popular queen to mark the tenth birthday of the event. Last year’s queen was Polly Bergen.
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Wilmington
N. C
W. G. Broadfoot Jr
Broadfoot
Polly Bergen
Dow Jones Averages Update and Volume Figures
The report notes new Dow Jones Averages with four industrials and four utilities. It lists 13 stocks with a combined index around 164.85 and 148.97 for the utilities group, and a total volume of 680,000 shares.
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BES
Witness testifies on Portland vice and safety fears
Elkins described threats and dangers faced by witnesses in Portland linked to vice operations and gangsters. He cited meetings with Frank Brewster and alleged understandings with Teamsters Union officials while denying self incrimination and seeking protection for his family.
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Sen. Ives
R-Ny
McCarthy
R-Wis
McClellan
Elkins
Portland
Robert Kennedy
Frank Brewster
Teamsters Union
Brewster
Thomas
Mloney
Geen
Teamsters
Maloney
McLaughlin
U N Aids Gaza Strip Proposal Faces Arab Objections
Dag Hammarskjold circulated a report on talks with Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban. Eban asked about a U N naval patrol in the Aqaba Gulf to curb Egyptian shelling while Egypt would block ships from the Red Sea to Eilat. Negotiations with Hammarskjold offer little hope for a quick solution as U N administration would only run Gaza and Aqaba coast until Egypt is ready.
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Assembly
U.S
Pearson
Gais Ak
Soviet Union
Israel
Egypt
U.N
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf
Gaza Strip
Dag Hammarskorld
Eban
Dulles
Hammarskjold
Aqaba
Mid-East Problems Panel Set Tonight
A High Point League of Women Voters panel discussion on Middle East issues will be held in the public library audio-visual room on S Main Street. The four member panel includes two foreign students and two WCMC professors, with insights from Arab and Israeli perspectives.
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High Point League of Women Voters
S. Main Street
WCMC
Middle East
Meron Ronnie Medzini
Jerusalem
Lah
Jordan
Jordan Kurland
Peter Burger
Lucas Property Disposition Report in Asheboro Case
A tax lien exceeding $875 000 has been filed against Lucas property as creditors and government chase claims. Lucas, former mayor of Asheboro, was indicted for tax evasion in 1951 and sentenced to one year and one day in prison.
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Lucas
Asheboro
Jamestown YMCA Leader to Address Jamestown Club
Max Cooke executive of the High Point YMCA will address a supper meeting of the Jamestown Methodist Church Men's Club tonight at 6 30. The subject of his talk has not been disclosed.
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Max Cooke
High Point Ymca
Jamestown Methodist Church
Six Women Exonerated Of Witchcraft
Yesterday Charles Hogan supported exonerating six women linked to witchcraft. Amendments set damages payments to descendants while opponents argued Salem’s status as an English colony should hinge on Parliament rather than Massachusetts to rectify the wrong. Descendants of Miss Pudeater sought exoneration.
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Charles Hogan
Salem
Massachusetts
Sixty Trout Varieties Found Across North America
A scientific survey identifies sixty distinct trout varieties distributed across North America. Researchers map habitats and migration patterns, noting regional diversity among streams and rivers. Findings highlight ecological adaptation and implications for conservation efforts.
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North American
AB Club hears talk by science institute head
Wayne C. Eads head of the Scientific Training Institute of Charlotte spoke to the High Point American Business Club last night. He said individuals are governed by personal thinking and self-interest. Lee Sherrill presided. Percy Payne won the attendance prize and Eads took the jack pot.
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Wayne C. Eads
Scientific Training Institute of Charlotte
High Point American Business Club
Eads
Lee Sherrill
Percy Payne
Prisoner Escape During Pursuit
An officer chased a fleeing prisoner after a confrontation. The suspect disappeared from view as the officer reached the car, which was found empty. The incident ends with an unresolved escape and ongoing pursuit.
Oak View Band Boosters to Discuss Fund Proposals
A special committee of the Oak View Band Boosters Club calls a meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m at Oak View School to present fundraising proposals for band equipment with a vote on measures to follow. Committee members include Frank Smith Mrs Marie Sam Miller and Mrs Wade.
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Oak View Band Boosters Club
Oak View School
Frank Smith
Marie Sam Miller
Wade
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HPC
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AMITY
N. Main ST
Jamestown
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Cecil
Science Institute
Diffendal’s
FIRTH
Oak View Band
Goodyear Service
G.E
Family Weekly
Firth Tuftwoven
Floor Coverings, Inc
North Main
DeSoto
DeSoto-Plymouth
Detroit
Southern Motor Company
Desoto Dealer
Groucho Marx
NBC Networks
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