Stocks Drift As Steels Rise And Blue Chips Slip
Gains by steels and a Chrysler spurt highlighted an uneven early session. The Associated Press average fell 0.40 to 260.30 as Du Pont led losses and major issues eased, while U.S. Steel rose about a point and the Dow stood at 721.11 after noon trading.
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New York
Chrysler
Associated Press
du Pont
Motors
Ford
General Motors
U.S. Steel
Consolidated Edison
American Telephone
Eastman Kodak
Woolworth
Commonwealth Edison
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Kennedy Leaves Palm Beach for Washington Amid Policy Push
President Kennedy plans a 4 p.m. takeoff from Palm Beach to Washington to push tax and tariff measures and to meet congressional leaders. He will speak at a Columbus fundraising dinner Sat on Ohio Governor DiSalle’s birthday and later hold talks in Berlin with Gen. Clay and CIA Director McCone on West Berlin. The trip comes as U.S. and Berlin policymakers reportedly clash over approaches to the divided city. Kennedy may cruise Lake Worth and the Atlantic before returning, aboard the Honey Fitz with Mrs. Kennedy, in a brighter mood than December.
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Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Lucius D. Clay
Berlin
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Clay
U.S
West Berlin
Lake Worth
Atlantic
Palm Beach
Mrs. Kennedy
Honey Fitz
Nuclear Arms Debate Highlights Soviet ICBM Capacity
A page 11 Reuters summary notes U S officials arguing the Soviets could build up to three times as many ICBMs as planned. Some experts say Moscow slowed on liquid fuel ICBMs to favor quick deployable missiles and hardened underground basing as the 1965 defense budget targets about 800 Minuteman IIIs are projected.
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United States
Mar Odesivesven
U.S
Maypesassasseee
Cotton Futures Rise at New York Open
New York cotton futures opened higher by 30 to 75 cents per bale over the previous close as traders reacted to early market movements.
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New York
Birch Group and Communists Compared at High Point Jaycees
High Point Jaycees heard Aronson discuss the John Birch Society outlining its 500 chapters in 27 states and its national prominence. He drew parallels with Communist parties, noting shared aims such as NATO opposition. The group also set Bosses Night for Jan 25 and announced the Outstanding Young Man nomination on Jan 10.
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High Point Jaycees
Arold Aronson
John Birch Society
Aronson
Jaycee
Birch
NATO
Birch Society
Tom Charping
High Point
Fire Crews Battle Tires and Tiny Stove Mishap
A girl stored a shoe and a rubber doll in a gas stove causing a small kitchen flare at Norman Alford’s Clara Cox apartments. Firefighters also tackled burning tires in front of Emerywood Country Club, marking a second tire fire this week. Additional calls included a dust pit fire at Heritage Furniture, grass and leaves ignited by a welder’s torch behind Piedmont Natural Gas, and lacquer spill cleanup at Nu-Products with no fire.
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Norman Alford
Clara Cox
Emerywood Country Club
Heritage Furniture Co
Ward St
Piedmont Natural Gas Co
Hobson
Nu-Products, Inc
E. Russell
Short In Siren Ignore Blasts
Civil defense sirens produced two unexpected blasts over the last two days due to a short circuit. Public should ignore siren sounds through January while technicians fix the system. February testing will resume, and the office plans public education on warning meanings.
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Civil Defense Office
Civil Defense
Vern Porter
Major Los Angeles papers compare circulation after audit
The Examiner founded by Randolph Hearst once led a prominent paper. The 13 year old Mirror is the largest new metropolitan paper since World War II. The Chandlers invested millions. Audit shows Examiner 381,773 Sunday, Times 548,702 daily and 978,478 Sunday, Herald Examiner 393,215 daily, Mirror 301,882 daily.
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Examiner
William Randolph Hearst
Mirror
Chandlers
Los Angeles
Times
Herald-Express
Band Plays At Lions Meeting by Society Seven
High Point Lions heard the Society Seven, a junior high school band, perform for about twenty minutes at the Sheraton led by John Cook with Steve Setzer Dan Whitley Jr. Fred Colomrus Steve York Steve Wood and Jimmy Knight. Leonard Rackley outlined the upcoming membership drive through January and February as Gilbert Fielding Kearns joined as a new member. Captive guests included Mr and Mrs Leonard Thompson of Pittsburgh Pa visiting relatives in South Carolina.
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John Cook
Steve Setzer
Dan Whitley Jr
Fred Colomrus
Steve York
Steve Wood
Jimmy Knight
Leonard Rackley
Gilbert Fielding Kearns
Leonard Thompson
Pittsburgh
Thompson
Westinghouse
South Carolina
Phil Strong
Lion Richard Buck
A. Paul Carter
United Fund
Norman Sneed
Winston ‘Salem
Prison escapees held after Thanksgiving Rhode Island stop
Sanford residents press for magazine or personal probe into road gang conditions as James Hammond and John Powell face investigation. Powell, 30, Nashville, and Hammond, 35, Dallas, escaped from a North Carolina camp and were captured in Rhode Island. Powell served three years of a 20 year forgery sentence. Hammond a six year term for burglary and related crimes. Authorities deny brutality charges.
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Hell
Robert A. Allen
North Carolina
Allen
John A. Powell
Nashville
Tenn
James Hammond
Dallas
Tex
Powell
Hammond
Rhode Island
Rhode Island State Prison
Draft Calls Reduced Sharply After Army Buildup
The Defense Department announced a sharp cut in draft calls for February and March after the Army reached its buildup goal. February 8,000 and March 6,000 men were called, ending a year of rising drafts from 5,000 monthly pre buildup to a peak of 25,000 in September. The Pentagon noted more than 20 percent enlistment gains and that the strength objective, including two new divisions, has been achieved.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
Berlin
Pentagon
Accidents Inflict Minor Injuries in City Collisions
Three people received minor injuries after two vehicle crashes in the city yesterday. Roy Clifton, 19, was cut on N Main Street when Donald Williams Conrad Jr. 16, failed to yield. damage about 50 dollars. Nancy Bean Lampkins and Shirley Bean were treated after a crash at N Hamilton and Richardson Streets. Lola Cartright 75 charged with running a red light. Damages totaled 50 to 800 dollars and a street sign was damaged.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Roy Douglas Clifton
Barker Avenue
N. Main Street
Nancy Bean Lampkins
Willow Street
Shirley E. Bean
N. Hamilton and
Richardson Streets
Young Clifton
Donald Williams Conrad Jr
Emerywood Estates
Clifton
Conrad
Lola Brooks Cartright
E. Washington Street
Lampkins
Richardson Street
Advertising Lines Rise in Early 1961 Newspapers
Measured newspapers ran 119 620 467 lines of ROP color advertising in the first eight months of 1961, up 8 four hundred thousand lines from the same period in 1960, an 7.6 percent gain.
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