Brick Plant Destroyed in Monroe Fire
General Manager W C Kendrick watched a blaze destroy one Kendrick Brick and Tile plant near Monroe North Carolina. Estimated damage 50 000 to 75 000 dollars as seven volunteer fire companies fought the hour long blaze. Oil tanks nearby were kept safe as the wind kept flames away from them. The other plant on the site remained undamaged. The company also operates plants in Mount Holly and has offices in Charlotte.
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Kendricks Brick and Tile Co
Monroe
N.C
W. C. Kendrick
Kendrick Brick & Tile Co
Here
Highway 74
Mount Holly
Charlotte
Television Programs on WFMY TV Greensboro Channel 2
Listing of a weekday broadcast on WFMY TV channel 2 with Dotto at 12 0 RFD Weather 12 05 RFD Piedmont 12 15 Love of Life 12 30 Search for Tomorrow 12 45 Guiding Light 1 00 TV Matinee 2 30 Art Linkletter
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Dotto
RFD Piedmont
Love of Life
Search For Tomorrow
Guiding Tig
Art Linkletter
Duke Doctor Receives 1957 Physically Handicapped Award
Duke University physician Lenox D. Baker of Durham has won the 1957 Physician's Award from Eisenhower's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped. He led cerebral palsy efforts in North Carolina and organized the state hospital and school. The award will be presented January 28 in Milwaukee. Governor Hodges praised his national recognition and state impact.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Committee On Employment of
Durham
Lenox D. Baker
Duke University
Baker
American Medical Assay
Congress of Industrial Health
Milwaukee
North Carolina Medical Society
North Carolina Cerebral Palsy Hospital
Cerebral Palsy School
Cerebral Palsy Hospital
Duke
June H. Rose
Greenvile
N.C
North Carolina Employe and Physically Handicapped Commission
Hodges
Stock Market Surges Amid Mixed Early Trading
The stock market rose in active trading with gains in steels and numerous blue chips. The Associated Press index stood at 161.00, up 70 cents, as investors awaited Eisenhower's congressional economic report and Chicago speech while rails slid slightly on limited federal aid expectations.
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New York
Ralls
American Telephone
Royal Dutch
Wall Street
Eisenhower
Congress
Chicago
Washington
Associated Press
Bache & Co
American Can Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Tobacco Co
Bethlehem Steel
Burlington Mills
Chrysler Corp
New York Central
Cone Mills Corp
Carolina Light & Power
Douglas Aircraft
DuPont de Nemours
Dow Chemical
Eastern Airlines
Consolidated Edison
Eastman Kodak
Greyhound Corp
General Dynamics
General Electric
Gulf Oil
General Motors
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
International Harvester
International Tel
Standasé Oil Co
Jones Laughlin Steel
Johns
Manville
Loew's Inc
Norfolk & Western Rwy
Phillips Petroleum
Pennsylvania Railway
Pepsi-Cola
Procter & Gamble
Reynolds Tobacco
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Southern Rwy
J. P. Stevens Co
American Tel. & Tel
the Texas Co
Union Carbide & Carbon
United Aircraft Corp
Westinghouse Electric Co
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
F. W. Woolworth Co
Cotton futures open lower then rise in New York
In New York, cotton futures opened 25 cents a bale lower to 90 cents higher, signaling early volatility in the fiber market. Traders watched early price swings as prices moved between gains and losses.
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New York
Economic Report To Be Probed On Tax And Deficit Plans
New York businessmen will study the presidents economic report to gauge forthcoming policy. The administration aims to extend high tax rates and emergency excises for a year, while ready to cut taxes if recession worsens. Federal Reserve money ease and defense led public works are outlined, with possible deficit financing to sustain spending.
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New York
Congress
Federal ‘Reserve
Dow Jones Averages At Noon And 1 P.M.
The Dow Jones Averages show figures for noon and 1 PM with components in various sectors. Industrials, rails, utilities, and miscellaneous stocks move within narrow ranges as trading volumes reach several hundred thousand shares.
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Bache & Co
Nine Die Violently In State
A series of gunfire and crash incidents across North Carolina left nine people dead over the weekend. Victims include Edna Bigwitch Bradley and Walter Bradley in Cherokee County, Sequoyah Driver a witness, Lloyd Hathaway in Rocky Mount, Leon Haynes tied to a shooting, Sammy Gillis in Lumberton, and his brother William Gillis. Also killed were William Parrish in Washington County and Nathaniel Catledge in Jacksonville, plus a Charlotte golf club greens keeper Johnny Coker in Mecklenburg County.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Edna Bigwitch Bradley
Walter
Sequoyah
Bradley
Lloyd B. Hathaway
Wilson
Rocky Mount
Leon P. Haynes
Sammy Gillis
Lumberton
William Thomas Gillis
Durham
Chapel Hill
William Edward Parrish
Washington County
Nathaniel Catledge
Jacksonville
Kinston
Charlotte Golf Club
Johnny Coker
U.S. 29
Mecklenburg
Teens launch homebuilt rocket in Maryland
Two Maryland teens Louis Bresee and Bill Fox both 17 at Towson High School claim the first successful local firing of a do it yourself missile. The rocket stood 48 inches long with a 2 inch diameter and reached 600 to 700 feet before landing nearby. A Monkton farmer Owen Lee witnessed the launch noting the long whoosh and smoke. The venture mirrors a prior Connecticut group whose attempt failed publicly on Wallingford’s coast.
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Baltimore
Connecticut
Louis Bresee
Bill Fox
Towson High School
Maryland
Owen Lee
Monkton
Wallop Island
Virginia
Lee
Chincoteague
David Gay
Neill Buckley
Charles Svenberg
William Bayne
Wallingford
Indictment Sought Against Klan Leader After Robeson Clash
The Robeson County confrontation left four wounded none seriously. Simeon Oxendine, son of the Pembroke mayor, pictured with a captured KKK banner, described the rally as a warning and recounted cross burnings that aroused Indians. Klansmen faced police action as a Klansman was arrested for concealed weapon and other charges.
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Simeon Oxendine
Pembroke
Oxendine
Lumberton
Cole
North Carolina
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Germany
Robeson County
Robeson
McLeod
Evangelist Billy Graham Heads Latin Tour
Evangelist Billy Graham leaves Miami for a Latin tour visiting eight countries including Jamaica Puerto Rico Barbados Trinidad Panama Costa Rica Guatemala and Mexico with plans to avoid politics in sermons and to preach to Catholics Hindus and others. He notes Venezuela was dropped due to unsettled conditions and says the Russian people should be invited to the United States to see democracy in action.
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Miami
Fla
Billy Graham
Kinston
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Barbados
Trinidad
Panama
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Mexico
Graham
Venezuela
Associated Press
Soviet Union
Baptists of
Russia
America
Atlantic
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