Stock Market Movements Show Mixed Day Amid Thin Volume
Trading slowed to about 1.5 million shares vs 1.65 million the day before as steels and motors led declines. Nonferrous metals and several major groups softened while many issues were higher or steady. notable losers included U S Steel and General Motors with several others edging down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
Texas Co
American Airlines
International Nickel
American Dynamid
U.S. Steel
Doan's Pills Offer Fast Relief for Backache and More
Doan's Pills provide quick relief for backache headaches and muscular pains. They also soothe bladder irritation and have a diuretic action to aid kidney function. Available at drug stores with a history of lasting over 60 years.
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Doan
Alaska Described As America's Last Frontier
Ben Witherington told Piedmont Toastmasters Alaska is our last frontier tracing its 1867 purchase to today. He noted profits from gold and growth in pulp wood and mining with Alaska as a growing producer and the only copper producer in North America. Sherman Aycoth featured speaker. Roscoe Peters toastmaster. outdoor meeting at the Felts home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Witherington
Piedmont
Alaska
North America
Sherman Aycoth
Roscoe Peters
Chic Jarrell
Pete Wall
Jack Peacock
Paul Turberville
Reese Felts
Radio Schedule as Carried by WBTYV Charlotte
Broadcast lineup from WBTYV Charlotte Channel 3 lists 6:15 Patt 6:30 Esso Reporter 6:45 Weatherman 4:50 Vespers 10:00 Big Playback 10:15 Harvesters 10:30 Oezle and Harriet 11:00 Weatherman 11:05 News 11:15 Sports 11:26 Les Paul 11:30 Movie 1:30 Sign Off Channel 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey
Garry Moore
Arthur
Guiding Light
Art Winkletter
Esso
Pather
Felax
Dow Jones Averages Brief Market Report
Dow Jones Averages furnished by Bache & Co shows the 30 industrials at 479.81 with a prior of 480.33, rails at 164.52 off from 164.91, utilities at 65.72 down from 65.80, and the 65 stocks index at 172.01 after a busy day with volume around 560000 to 1650.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bache & Co
Missile Defense On Paper
Partridge outlined a defense plan claiming new jet fighters radar and a wide communications net could curb Soviet air power for years. He warned intelligence sees a large scale attack targeting industrial sites atomic plants population centers and SAC bases. He cautioned that even strong defenses may not stop all bombers and noted a single hydrogen bomb could destroy a city.
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Partridge
Strategic Air Command
St John's Day Observed by Prince Hall Masons at Mt Vernon
Toussaint L'Overture Lodge No. 524 Prince Hall Masons hold St John’s Day Thanksgiving service Sunday at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church at 3 p.m. Rev. F C Bass to preach. Masons meet at Odd Fellows Hall at 2 p.m. bring baskets.
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ST. John’s Day
Prince Hall
Masons
St. John's Day
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
F. C. Bass
Odd Fellows
Connie Gaines
Beatrice Leach
Evangelist the Evangelist Alliance
Pearson Memorial Church
Missionary Circle
Missionary Circle No. 2
First Baptist Church
Lola Hart
Crawford Street
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Maurice Roberts
Mobile St. Club
M. C. Chub
Janie Portee
Real estate transfers in High Point Township and Jamestown
Realty transfers show multiple deeds in High Point Township and Jamestown Township. Names include Kavanagh Smith Co and buyers such as G L oa H E Lopp J D Smith and others with parcels in Eastover Park Riverside Park Crestwood Park and Garner Heights. Transfers involve single and multiple lot transactions among numerous spouses and heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Township
Kavanagh-Smith and Co
G. L. Oa
Brent
H. E. Lopp
J. L. Yarborough
J. D. Smith
Eastover Park
Pearl Wilson
T. G. Jackson
Day Street
P. L. Goings
Riverside Park
Berd
Oak Street
Cc. G. Tutherow
Allie Porter
High Point
Z. M. Silman
Silman
R. S. Smith
J. R
Beaucrest
Jamestown Township
George Robb
John S. Miller
Russell Robbins
Donald Edward Palmer
Robbins Road
Rodger M
Philippines Reports Higher Dollar Reserves in 1955
The Philippine Central Bank says official reserves rose from 209 million dollars at year start 1955 to 233 million dollars. Governor Miguel Cuaderno cites import restrictions on non essential goods as a key factor in the improvement.
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BANK
Manila
Philippine Central Bank
Philippines
Bank Gov
Miguel Cuaderno
Stevenson Carries California in Democratic Primary
The Tennessee senator said he has no excuses or regrets after his decisive California primary win. Stevenson welcomed the end of a long primary campaign and expected a strong November showing with Edmund G. Brown predicting Stevenson will win California. Finnegan praised Stevenson’s broad appeal across the nation.
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Tennessee
Stevenson
California
Adlai Stevenson
James A. Finnegan
Tax Prepayment Rate To Be Set At Monday Meet
Guilford County and city officials in Greensboro will meet Monday to set discount rates for prepayment of taxes. The High Point and Greensboro councils and the County Board of Commissioners will also review the county Domestic Relations Court budget. The meeting at the county courthouse starts at 3 p.m. and must occur in Greensboro due to law. The groups will decide when prepaid city and county tax discounts begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
Greensboro
High Point
County Board of Commissioners
Clinard Re Named To Hospital Directorate
Gilbert Clinard, a local milling company executive, was reappointed yesterday to a new term on the board of the Carolina Convalescent Hospital. The City Council unanimously named him to a three year term, with the current term expiring August 1 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Clinard
Carolina Convalescent Hospital
Clinard
Polio Hospital
Tice Newman Win Special Awards At University
Jon K. Tice and Boyd L. Newman of High Point were among UNC awards at commencement. Tice received the Order of the Grail Excellence Award while Newman earned the E. J. Evans Award in Varsity Track. F. Ogburn Yates Jr. of Asheboro was named Mr. Alumnus, receiving one of the 1956 Class Awards.
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Jon K. Tice
Boyd L. Newman
High Point
University of North Carolina
Tice
Order of the Grail
Newman
E. J. Evans
F. Ogburn Yates Jr
Asheboro
Area Governor and Assistants Named in Toastmasters
John D. Griffiths announces district Toastmasters appointments. Dick Fu of Greensboro named area 3 governor while Porter Hauser of High Point and Robert D. Crowley of Asheboro are named assistant governors.
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John D. Griffiths
Carolinas
Area 3
Dick Fu
Greensboro
Porter Hauser
High Point
Robert D. Crowley
Asheboro
Eisenhower Talks on Twining Stalin Molotov and Vacation Plans
President Eisenhower said Gen. Nathan Twining will visit Moscow and Moscow’s defense minister may be invited to the U.S. as reciprocity. He commented on Khrushchev's Stalin denunciation, Molotov’s resignation, and noted doctors’ views on altitude and heart attack risks for his vacation plans.
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GOP
Eisenhower
Twining
Nathan F. Twining
Soviet Union
Moscow
United States
Air Force
Russia
Wilson
U. S
Georgi Zhukov
Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Kremlin
Molotov
V. M. Molotov
State Department
Howard M. Snyder
Snyder
Colorado
White
Virginia Legislature to Meet in Special Session
Gov. Thomas B. Stanley announced a special session of the General Assembly within 90 days to address Virginia school segregation. He backs implementing the Gray Commission’s package of pupil assignment and private schooling tuition grants to avoid mandatory integration.
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Richmond
Thomas B. Stanley
General Assembly
Virginia
Commission On Public Education
Gray Commission
House Wren Feeds Young 1,217 Times in 15 Hours
An observer recorded a house wren feeding its nestlings 1,217 times within a 15 hour period. The remarkable rate highlights the bird’s parental effort and energy expenditure in a single day.
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DuPont de We
Eastern Airlines
Consolidated Edison Eastman Kodak
Greyhound Corp
General Dynamics
General Electric
Gulf Oi
General Motors
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
International Harvester
International Tel. & Tel
Standard Oi] Co
Jones Laughlin Steel
Johns Manville
Loew’s Inc
Norfolk & Western Ry
Phillips’ Petroleum
Pennsylvania Railway
Pepsi-Cola
Proctor & Gamble
Reynolds Tobacco
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
J. P. Stevens
American Tel. & Tel
the Texas Co
Union Carbide & Carboneau Corp
Westinghouse Electric Co
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
F. W. Woolworth Co
Bache & Company
American Can Co
Allied Chemical & E
American Tobacco Ki
Bethlehem Steel
Burlington Mills Corp
Chrysler Corp
New York Central RA
Cone Mills
Gudina Links
Pier
Samme
America
Wfmy-Tv
Edwards
RCA Victor Television
North Carolina
Television Sales and Service Co., Inc
N. Main St
WBTYV
Charlotte
Peeee
Roanoke
Monty
Wsjs-Tv
Winston-Salem
Times Square
Eddie Fisher
Ob-Tv
E Kukis, Fran Yy Oearen
I. i
Dayton Tires
Chapel Hill
Channel 4
Uriel
Dow-Jones
Hospital Directorate
Yvonne DeCario
Red Cameron
Dane Clark
Lita Milan
Paul Dudley White
Boston Heart
Rive
Archdale
Poe
Dana -Wynter
Cameron Mitchell
Philip
Jeanne Craine
George Nader
Technicolor
Rialto
Voday & Thurs
Ray Mill
Grace Kelly
Roberta Mmings
Joe Road
Guory OF
Warren
South Main
Rescen Drive-In
Thomasville
High Point Rd
Jane Wyman
Aon Ray
Jean
Sakovich
Dean Sakovich
Ice Vogues
Sonja Heinie
Lucille Loring
Pops
Les Barker
Will M.C
Ronny Hart
Warner Bros
Warner Color
ECM Isnei
Francis
Itt
Walt Disney
Uncle Remus
John Wayne
Ererick
Vistavis
Jeffrey Hunter Vera Miles Ward Bond
Natalie Wood
Adm
Walt Disneys
Sardinia
The
Sin
Rossi Drago
Silvana Pampanini
Eleonora Ross
Drago Sophia Loren
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