Eisenhower Supports Strauss Nomination Despite Opposition
President Eisenhower will not withdraw Lewis L. Strauss as commerce secretary nominee. Senate leaders expect a show down fight though Dirksen predicts Strauss will be confirmed. Amid controversy a New York financier Armand G. Erpf withdrew from a government transportation study post.
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Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
Auss
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Eisenhower
Strauss
Dirksen
New York Railroad
Armand G. Erpf
Television Listings for WFMY WSJS Stations
Day by day guide shows Trooper at 7 20 Ralph Bellamy 6 00 U 8 Marshall Moore 10 00 11 05 11 10 11 20 movie 12 00 Signaff presented across WFMY TV WSJS TV stations with local Greensboro segments and sport news slots
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Trooper
Ralph Bellamy
Marshall
Wsjs-Tv
Tuescat
Greensboro
Moore
Channel 2
Kangareo
Sam Levenson
Love Lacy
Lemorres
Riley Golding
Jimmy
Art Linkletter
Stock market dips on broad front in quiet trading
New York AP reports a sharp early afternoon slide with fractions to over a point declines across the market. Zenith Motorola and Raytheon fall about three or more points, IBM down about 11, Westinghouse off, and other major names slide as a broad correction appears after last week's gains.
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New York
Wall Group
Zenith
Motorola
Raytheon
Thiokol
Westinghouse Electric
U.S. Gypsum
Allied Chemical
Dow Jones Averages and listed securities snapshot
Dow Jones averages mixed with industrials near 635.06 and rails around 168.33. US bonds shown as mixed to slightly lower with notable price changes in Eastman Kodak and a broad list of listed companies including American Tobacco, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, Dow Chemical, Gulf Oil, Procter & Gamble, Union Carbide, and U S Steel among others.
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Fors Bache & Co
Za Premise
Ihe
Bache & C
American Con Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
Adams-Millis Corp
American Tobacco Co
the Borden Co
Bethlehem Steel
Burlington Mills
Er Is
New York Central AR
Cone Mills Corp
Carolina Light & Power
Douglas Aircraft
DuPont de Nemours
Consolidated Edison
Dow Chemical Bbs
Eastern Airlines
Eastman Kodak
Greyhound Corp
General Dynamics
General Electric
Gulf Oil
General Motors
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
TN Racadhuvteses
International Harvester Clee
International Tel. BM
Standard Oil Co. Silver
Jones Laughlin Steel
May Peeee
Johns Manville
Ny Vee Ie
Loew's Inc
Norfolk & Western Rwy. Pd
Phillips Petroleum
Pennsylvania Railway
the Texas Co
Pepsi-Cola
Union Carbide & Carbon
Procter & Gamble
United Aircraft Corp
Reynolds Tobacco
Westinghouse Electric Co
Republic Steel
U. S. Steel
Sears Roebuck St
FW Sheet & Tube
Southern Ray Woolworth Co
American Tel. & Tel
Cotton futures open lower then rebound in New York
New York AP report notes cotton futures opening five cents per bale lower before later climbing to forty cents higher as trading began. The day’s early movement shows volatility in the market with investors reacting to supply and demand signals.
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NEW York
Quotations From Security Quotations Ledger
Quotations compiled at 11 a.m. today furnish notes from J Sturgis May and Company based in the Security Bank Building. The item lists current prices on securities and market movements observed in the morning session.
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J. Sturgis May & Company
Security Bank
French locksmith chooses $10000 prize over dream year
Alfred Charron, a 63 year old Paris locksmith, wins a newspaper contest but declines a dream year with all expenses paid to take the $10,000 prize. He plans to retire, pay retirement, and help his son and three grandsons. The winner’s choice boosts L Aurore circulation by 17 percent.
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George McArthur
PARIS
Alfred Charron
Charron
L’aurore
Rebels Press Nicaragua Invasion Prompting OAS Appeal
A 37 year old president seeks OAS intervention after rebels invade Nicaragua mirroring Panama tactics. Martial law is proclaimed amid a threatened general strike as National Guard forces, led by Anastasio Jr., brace for conflict. A stolen Costa Rican C46 is cited in rebel actions and a broadcast names Victor Rivas Gomez as rebel commander.
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Organization of American States
Panama
Somoza
National Guard
West Point
Anastasio Sr
U. S
Nicaragua
Luis
Victor Rivas Gomez
Firorce
Gas Explosion Kills Nine in Pennsylvania
The incident involved a propane truck owned by Sungas Products Co. of Pennsylvania. Driver Joe Wharton, 48, of Peckville, was hospitalized after the blast that followed a fire and rock debris shattered a police car. Ron Kramer, 39, a bystander, helped save a school bus crew. another bus carrying 45 children had just passed. The exact death toll remained undetermined at the scene.
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Klinger
Sungas Products Co. of
Pennsylvania, Inc
Joe Wharton
Peckville
Scranton
Ron Kramer
Vincent Ney
Pottsville
North Carolina Colleges Graduate About Four Thousand
The class of 1959 across North Carolina universities and colleges totals about 4,000 graduates, including 2,000 from the University of North Carolina. Honorary degrees are awarded to Vermont C. Royster of the Wall Street Journal at UNC. Wake Forest, A&T College, Davidson, Lenoir Rhyne, Guilford, Greensbor o College, Flora Macdonald, Queens, Catawba, and others held commencements with notable addresses on science, character, and progress.
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Associated Press
Jold
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Vermont C. Royster
The
Wall Street Journal
UNC
Christendom
Wake Forest
Francis P. Gaines
Washington and Lee University
Gaines
Burlington Industries
Pencer
North Carolina A&t College
Greensboro
James I. McCord
Princeton Theological Seminary
Davidson College
United States
Lenoir Rhyne
Guilford College
Greensboro College
Flora Macdonald College
Red Springs
Queens College
Charlotte
Catawba
Eton
Salem
Pfeiffer
N.C. College
Bennett, Livingstone
Pembroke State
Raleigh
St. Mary's
Peace College
Meredith College
Sorrow Rains on Iron Ore Town After Deadly Mine Disaster
In Mineral Hills Michigan five miners died in a blast and gas explosion at Inland Steel Co Sherwood mine. Survivors say warnings and a gas odor helped many escape. 7 injured and 25 others crawled from darkness. Victims: Howard Groop 30 Crystal Falls. Ingvar Wester 48 Iron River. August Zuckal 51 Caspian. Einar Johnson 59 Crystal Falls. Carl Anderson 40 Iron River.
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Tron River
Mich
Michigan
Inland Steel Co. Sherwood Iron
Mineral Hills
Howard Groop
Crystal Falls
Everett
Stambaugh
Ingvar Wester
Iron River
August Zuckal
Caspian
Einar Johnson
Carl Anderson
Upper Peninsula
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