Market Opens Higher as Leading Stocks Lift Index
New York stocks edge into positives at the bell with small gains among blue chips. Colonial Corp starts 19 000 shares at 12 percent and American Telephone reaches 61 percent on 10 000 shares amid a broad but uneven early trading session.
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Colonial Corp
American Telephone
American Can
Anaconda
du Pont
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
New York Central
Radio Corp
Tax and Dividend Notation in the American Exchange Table
Rates shown are annual disbursements from the last regular quarterly or semi annual declaration. Footnotes identify special or extra dividends. Annotations cover extra or extras and ex dividend statuses for shares.
California teacher keeps credentials after controversial play
Geri Turner Davis, a San Diego high school English teacher, will retain her California teaching credentials after a unanimous Credentials Committee decision. The panel cleared her of unprofessional conduct following a two hour hearing during which her prize winning one act drama A Cat Called Jesus was read aloud. The play depicts a North Carolina sheriff's daughter and a Negro prisoner and caused accusations of blasphemy and lewd language.
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Calif
California
Geri Turner Davis
San Diego
Jesus
Everett Calvert
Mission Day High School
North Carolina
Regional furniture market shows steady demand and rising prices
Meyers notes ongoing traffic and price increases around five percent overall. Joseph Cox of Furniture Plaza reports average January attendance and good market for promotional goods. High line producers open houses aim to educate and cultivate the regional market, while moderate priced firms call it a real good market. Representatives of P and P Chair Company are involved.
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Furniture Plaza
Joseph Cox
Lexington
P and P Chair Company
Woman Wins Home Christmas For Draftee Son
Mrs Norma Riedel fought the U S Army to keep her draftee son at home during Christmas. The Army reports Robert Schnabel 19 has been rejected for service after being ordered to report on December 23. Reprieve until December 28 allowed him to stay home.
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Norma Riedel
U.S. Army
Army
Robert Schnabel
Schnabel
Lynd Talk In Hanoi Draws Criticism
Brewster Lynd, a Yale assistant professor of history, spent 10 days in North Vietnam with two other Americans. In a Yale Daily News statement he criticized U S leadership and policies as immoral and anti-democratic, sparking criticism from colleagues.
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Menzies to retire after sixteen years as Australian premier
Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies announced his retirement after 16 years in office. At 71, he did not reveal whether he will quit Parliament. Treasury Minister Harold Holt is seen as likely successor.
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Australia
Robert Menzies
Menzies
Treasury
Harold Holt
Joseph A. Lyons
Lyons
Britain
United Australia Party
Labor
Liberal Party
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Payee
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Vote Act Decision In Hands Of Court
Supreme Court hears cases on the 1965 Voting Rights Act with national impact. States defend the act as constitutional to protect black voters while several Southern states challenge its reach and provisions. Justice officials contend Congress may enforce rights under the 15th Amendment and that the act is a proper exercise of federal authority.
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Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Warren
Takeine
U. S
South Carolina
Daniel R. McLeod
Justice Department
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Massachusetts
Jane
McLeod
Nicholas Ygee
Archibald Cox
Katzenbach
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Tragedy at Brookhaven Lab Ends in Shooting Suicide
A Brookhaven National Laboratory incident left Michael Maresca, 24, dead near his station wagon after firing on colleagues at the engineering department. He wounded two others before being stopped. authorities suspect a deranged mental state and ruled out a clear security motive.
Hearing Scheduled In Robbery Case Of Bank Gunpoint Hold Up
Former bank robber Gran da Thomas Wheeleus, 46, faced a Raleigh hearing on a $4,009.50 robbery at First and Trust Co. He was arrested about 30 minutes after the gunpoint holdup at the Northside Raleigh branch where teller Mavis Johnson and two other tellers were present. Wheeleus previously served 15 years for a 1949 Youngsville branch robbery.
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First and Trust Co
Tues- Granada
Thomas Whellens
Hans Omy
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Youngsville
Durham Bank and Trust Co
Northside
Mavis Johnson
Bible Society Founded in New York in 1816
The American Bible Society was established in New York in 1816 with Elias Boudinot installed as its first president, marking a formal organization to translate print and distribute scriptures nationwide.
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American Bible Society
New York
Elias Boudinot
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