Stock market gains lift broad index during midday rally
The Associated Press average of 60 stocks rose to a new year high as rails and utilities advanced. Dow Jones levels topped prior 1958 highs with gains led by U S Steel Goodyear and Douglas Aircraft while Polaroid faded after a big rise and several blue chips posted fractional to modest increases.
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Associated Press
Dow-Jones
U.S. Steel
Goodyear
Douglas Aircraft
Repubic Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Bethlehem
International Nickel
Gulf Oil
du Pont
Goodrich
Anaconda
Kennecott
Union Carbide
Westinghouse Electric
Royal Dutch
Polaroid
Pfizer
Merck
Cosden Petroleum
Illinois Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Santa Fe
American Telephone
Chrysler
Ford
Boeing
Republic Aviation
International Telephone
American Smelting
General Electric
Twentieth Century-Fox
Bache & Co
American Can Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Tobacco Co
the Borden Co
Bethlehem Steel
Burlington Mills
Chrysler Corp
New York Central AA
Cone Mills Corp
Carolina Light & Power
DuPont de Nemours
Dow Chemical
Eastern Airlines
Consolidated Edison
Eastman Kodak
Graham Crusade Passes Half Million Attendance in San Francisco
Evangelist Billy Graham’s San Francisco crusade, which began April 27, draws 505,608 attendees after a 12,000 crowd at Cow Palace. He urged God’s judgment and the gift of faith in Christ, with 434 more responding to decisions for Christ, totaling 17,935. He also spoke at the Third Baptist Church on race and love, urging neighbors of different colors to find shared humanity.
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San Francisco
Billy Graham
Cow Palace
Graham
God
Christ
Third Baptist Church
United States
Textile News Publisher Dies At 63
John M. Mullen publisher of the Southern Textile News died at his Lincolnton home at 63 after a heart attack. He founded the textile publication in 1944 after earlier runs with the Florida Grower Press and the Lincoln County Times. Surviving are his wife Isabel Spears, daughter Mrs Mason Smith of Charlotte, and son Henry Spears Mullen of Lincolnton. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Lincolnton
N.C
John M. Mullen
Southern Textile News
Mullen
Florida Grower Press
Tampa
Fila
Lincoln County Times
Isabel Spears
Mason Smith
Charlotte
Henry Spears Mullen
Asheboro Man Heads State Photographers
David Gelbach of Asheboro was installed as president of the North Carolina Photographers Assn to succeed Homer Ball of Goldsboro. Officers included Francis L. Johnson and Don Frazier as vice presidents and Charles Craft as secretary-treasurer. The group will host exhibitions at the State Fair Raleigh Chapel Hill Planetarium and the Southern States Fair Charlotte and meet with the Southeastern Photographers Assn in February with the site to be announced.
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Winston-Salem
David Gelbach
Asheboro
North Carolina
Theft of TV prompts storage search in Atlanta
Eugene Williams reported his 21 inch television stolen from his home on Saturday. Detectives recovered it at a store for $20 and returned it, but witnesses saw a burglar steal it again yesterday. It was found at another shop for $30 and is held as evidence until the thief is caught.
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Atlanta
Eugene Williams
Williams
Seeing Eye dog earns law degree at Vanderbilt ceremony
Pic the Seeing Eye dog marched with his master Jim Elston as he received a law degree from Vanderbilt University, despite Pic not receiving a diploma. Elston, blinded since 1947, already held a Baylor degree and completed required Vanderbilt law school hours.
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Nashville, Tenn
Baylor
Vanderbilt
Pic
Jim Elston
Laredo
Tex
Elston
June Becomes a Test Month for U S Economy
The June outlook sees rising unemployment as graduates enter the job market while five million already out of work. Industrial output may stagnate with auto production sliding, steel wages rising, and potential price decisions looming. Inflation and the federal deficit color forecasts as summer vacations and consumer demand shift activity.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Treasury
Family custom as Earl of Ogden swears in naval reservist
Dennis R. Earl was sworn into the Naval Reserve in Ogden Utah in a ceremony witnessed by his father Lt Comdr Lemuel R. Earl and his brother Lemuel Jr both reservists.
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Ogden
Utah
Dennis R. Earl
Naval Reserve
Lemuel R. Earl
Lemuel Jr
Weather forecast spans Lakes to Atlantic region
The forecast covers from the Lakes south to the Tennessee valley and eastward to the Atlantic. Warmer weather is expected in most of the Plains and Mississippi valley.
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Lakes
Tennessee Valley
Atlantic
Plains
Mississippi Valley
South Dakota
Texas
Gulf Coastal Region
Wisconsin
Virginia
Coke Cecil Is Killed
Obituary notice details the death of Coke Cecil a prominent local figure and magician. He held multiple offices within GOP circles churches and fraternal groups and led groups including the International Brotherhood of Magicians and the Southeastern Alliance of Magicians. Survived by wife and daughter the service notes a First Methodist Church funeral with Masonic rites and burial at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
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First Methodist Church
International Brotherhood of Magicians
High Point
Southeastern Alliance of Magicians
Piedmont Building and Loan Association
Numa F. Reid Lodge No
Scottish Rite
York Rite
Oasis Shrine
Charlotte
Sertoma Club
Elks Lodge
Woody Brinson
Mildred Nan Brinson
Rockford Rd
Robert G. Tuttle
Numa F. Reid Lodge No. 344
Masonic Temple
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Bank robbery cases slated for term in Greensboro
Two North Carolina bank robbery cases were presented to a Middle District Federal Court grand jury in Greensboro. Emanuel Upshaw and Elbert Smith face indictments for the May 20 Stokesdale Commercial Bank heist valued at 18 426, with Upshaw arrested after a posse pursuit and Smith later arrested. Phillip Merrill Whichard, 37, formerly of Durham, was indicted for robbing a Bank of Greensboro branch of almost 30 000 on January 21 and is expected to be tried during the term. Whichard has been at liberty on 10 000 bond and recently moved to Greensboro. The grand jury was to hear about 30 additional indictments.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Emanuel Upshaw
Elbert Spencer Smith
Stokesdale
Upshaw
Smith
Rt. 1
Phillip Merrill Whichard
Durham
Bank of Greensboro
Whichard
Liberty
Paper produced for U.S. bank notes in Dalton Mass
The article notes that most paper used for U.S. bank notes and bonds is produced in Dalton Massachusetts.
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U. S
Dalton, Mass
Methodists Hear Fund Drive Report At Western NC Meet
The Western North Carolina Conference delegates will receive a report on a $3 million campaign to fund Methodist colleges. The annual Lake Junaluska gathering runs Thursday through Sunday with Bishop Harmon announcing pastoral assignments on the final day.
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Lake Junaluska
N.C
Western North Carolina
Nolan B. Harmon
Charlotte
George A. Buttrick
Harvard University
G. W. Bumgarner
Gastonia
The
Historical Society
Albert D. Betts
Columbia
S.C
Saltwater fishing in the United States draws over four million anglers
A study highlights that more than 4,000,000 Americans fish in salt waters each year, reflecting broad participation across coastal states and inland communities. The data suggests broad economic and recreational significance for fisheries, gear retailers, and tourism.
Youth Admits Shooting At Man In New Jersey
Richard Dunning, 50, a worm picker on vacation at Glen Ridge golf course, heard two shots. A 16 year old boy admitted firing a .22 caliber rifle at him to impress his girlfriend. Police detained him and turned him over to his parents.
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Bloomfield
N. J
Richard Dunning
Glen Ridge
Dunning
North Carolina and Georgia Weather Outlook With Thundershowers
Forecast highlights for North Carolina and Georgia show partly cloudy skies with heat and humidity. Scattered thundershowers likely this afternoon and evening, cooler tonight, and cooler by Tuesday with highs mostly in the 80s. Georgia sees hot today, easing later. scattered showers and thundershowers, then cooler conditions regionally.
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North Carolina
Georgia
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