Market Rebounds on Rail Strike Delay Blues
The New York stock market rallied as news of another postponement of a threatened rail strike spurred gains. Early trading saw heavy volume with the Associated Press 60 up 2.0 to 266.1 and rails leading. Dow up 2.23 at noon, GM flat, Ford near break even, oils in demand, and bonds also higher.
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New York
Chrysler
Associated Press
Dow Jones
General Motors
Ford
Illinois Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
IBM
Xerox
Control Data
U.S
Fairchild Camera
American Stock Exchange
FEPC Moves Amid Political Hesitation in Congress
President Kennedy endorsed FEPC in a civil rights message but left it out of the legislative package. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell reported last minute persuasion to win support. In the Senate, Labor official John Henning urged swift action to curb discrimination by employers and unions, with Sen. Humphrey proposing a Labor Department administrator to oversee enforcement.
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Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
Dn.y
Education and Labor Committee
Senate
Capitol
John F. Henning
Sen
Habeer H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate Committee
FEPC
Labor Department
National Soaring Record Set by Paul Bickle
Paul Bickle of Lancaster California flying for the Air Force X15 program set a national soaring record by gliding 545 miles from Hailey Idaho to Swift Current Saskatchewan Canada. The 545 mile flight was one of two national gliding records broken during the Pacific Northwest Soaring Champion.
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Allis Chal
Am Can Co
Enka
Am Motors
Am Tel & Tel Oot
Am Teb
Atch T&sf
Esse
Atl Coast Line
Atl Refining
Avco Co
Balt & O
Bendix Corp
Boeing Air
Borden Co
Ind
Burroughs Corp A
Carl P&l Celanese Corp
Chain Belt
Champion P&f
Ches & Ohio Hoa
Chrysler
Coca-Cola Vie
Columbia G&e Cease
Dan Riv Mills
Douglas Aire
Dow Chem
Duke Powel
DuPont de Nandi
East Air
Ford Motor W
Gen Foods
Liggett & Myers
Hailey
Idaho
Paul Bickle
Lancaster
Calif
Air Force
Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Canada
Bickle
Pacific Northwest
Over Counter Stock Quotes July 25 1963
The following unofficial bid and asked prices are compiled from the National Association of Securities Dealers and other sources. They indicate approximate ranges within which these securities could have been sold or bought at the time of compilation July 25 1963. Origin of quotations will be provided upon request.
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National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Asheboro Man Named Director of WGHP Channel 8 Promo
Leo Derrick of Asheboro named director of promotion and public relations for WGHP TV Channel 8 set to broadcast from the Sheraton Hotel offices. The appointment follows a career in newspapers, television and oil trade. Derrick to start mid August with station launching in early October under Southern Broadcasters Inc President James W. Coan.
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Asheboro
Leo Derrick
Channel 8
Wghp-Tv
James W. Coan
Southern Broadcasters Inc
Derrick
Chadbourn
Enterprise Oil Co
Sheraton
Piedmont North Carolina
Virginia
Patsy Carter
Winston-Salem
Leo III
Charles
Michael
Quotron Quotation Service Expands To High Point Area
Powell, Kistler & Company announces two new services for High Point residents. The Quotron electronic device provides stock quotations from the New York Stock Exchange within 20 to 30 seconds after request. The High Point office will host Friday evening sessions from 5 to 8 for office visits and investor talks starting at 7 30.
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E. R. Lowry
Powell, Kistler & Company
New York Stock Exchange
High Point
Powell
Kistler
Norfolk
General Motors
New York
Lowry
Powell, Kistler Company
Powell, Kistler
Ward Denies Procuring Charge In London Trial
Dr. Stephen Ward testified he never took Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies to his apartment to introduce them for intercourse. The case centers on Ward accused of living off prostitutes and procuring, with a potential 25 year sentence if convicted, amid a widening sex scandal touching national figures.
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London
Stephen Ward
Christine Keeler
Marilyn
Mandy) Rice-Davies
Society Osteopath and
Kirksville
Ward
James Burge
Christine
Old Bailey Criminal Court
Burge
John D. Profumo
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Lord Astor
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Bob Dear
Associated Press
Vasco Lazzolo
Prodeuction
Vickie Barrett
Lazzolo
Vickie
Sylvia Parker
Sharon Lee
Rome
Las Vegas
New York
Miss Parker
Tony Mella
Mayfair
Tobacco Sales Begin In Georgia Florida Flue Cured Market
In Valdosta Georgia AP reports opening sales show lower stalk tobacco dampened price averages as early lots sold for 21 dollars per hundred. Prices at Valdosta and Quitman baskets ranged 21 to 65 dollars with most 49 to 54 dollars. Government and growers expect strong yields and better averages later in the season.
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Valdosta
Earby Quitman
Quitman
Georgia Florida markets see varied turnout in 28 cities
Farmers expected turnout to vary with some predicting lower figures while others foresaw larger crowds. The survey shows 23 market cities in Georgia and 5 in Florida participating, with aromatic golden leaf stock piled in about 120 warehouses across the 28 market cities.
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Georgia
Florida
Chair City School Admits Negroes
Davidson County board approves three Negro students for reassignment to Main Street Junior High, marking Kern Street Elementary as first integrated public school in the county. NAACP leader Rev. W. E. Banks aided applications. Two students now attend Turner Street. one comes from Church Street.
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Thomasville
Kern Street
Davidson County
Board of Education
Main Street
W. E. Banks
NAACP
Kern Street School
Turner Street School
Church Street School
Karren Higgins
Cary
Kern ‘Street
Roger Williams
Mills Home
Martha
Banking Group To Use New Law
The State Banking Commission will apply a new law requiring parent banks to prove need and convenience to open branches. It delayed two Asheville applications while approving 15 others including First Citizens in Fayetteville and a Wachovia Bank merger approval. Contest over branches included Bank of Asheville opposing Wachovia Indian touches in Winston-Salem and other cities.
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Raleigh
State Banking Commission
Asheville
Bank of
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
Winston - Salem
Northwestern Bank
North Wilkesboro
First Citizens Bank & Trust Co
Smithfield
Fayetteville
Commercial & Industrial Bank of
Nixon Visits West Berlin Faces East German Security
Nixon spent hours behind the East German wall in West Berlin with Pat Nixon and aides. A woman in her 70s kissed his hand and vanished as East German agents watched. Nixon joked about the security presence and said the people are with us despite restricted speech and travel.
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Red Wall
Pat
U.S
West Berlin
Jack Crown
California
Harry S. Truman
East Berlin
United States
Havelock Merchants Back Desegregation Plan
About 95 percent of Havelock merchants voted to desegregate their facilities and serve Negro customers immediately. Only beauty and barber shop owners opposed. The move aims to prevent racial trouble near Cherry Point Marine Air Station and fulfill cooperation with base officials. Negro groups had urged limits on Cherry Point personnel until integration, but the request was denied.
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Havelock
N.C
George G. Smith
Havelock Merchants Association
Smith
Cherry Point Marine Air Station
New Bern
Floyd B. McKissick
Durham
Congress of Racial Equality
Defense Department
Cherry Point
Cherry Theater
Guatemala Breaks Ties With Britain Over Belize Independence
The Guatemalan ruling junta severs relations with Britain in protest of London's plan to grant independence to British Honduras next year amplifying regional diplomatic tensions.
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Guatemala
Britain
British Honduras
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