Steels Lead Broad Stock Market Rise in New York
The early afternoon trading session shows a strong stock market advance led by steel shares. Major gains include Lukens up about 3 points, U S Steel and Youngstown Sheet higher, and Raytheon advancing around 2 points on Hawk missile contract news.
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NEW York
Steels
Lukens
U.S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Bethlehem
Republic Steel
American Motors
Chrysler
Raytheon
Texaco
Superior Oil of California
Liggett & Myers
Goodyear
Eastman Kodak
Union Carbide
New York Central
Balltimore & Ohio
Lorillard
John Manville
Radio Corp
Associated Press
U.S
Dow Jones Averages Report and Market Figures
The Dow Jones averages show notable movements with industrials around 200 and index readings near 215.5, as Bache & Co furnishes data. Trading volumes reach about 480 thousand to 1.67 million across sessions, reflecting active market activity.
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Bache & Co
Sree
West Germans Plan Election in Berlin Amid East West Tensions
Berlin and Washington clash over holding the West German presidential election in Berlin. The 1038 member Electoral College will meet to choose a successor to President Heuss. Soviets warn the move inflames Germany. Western allies insist Berlin is held in trust as capital of a reunited Germany.
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Berlin
West Germany
U. S. State Department
West Berlin
Washington
Germany
United States
Soviet Union
State Department
Incoln White
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
East Germany
Theodore Heuss
Konrad Adenauer
Henrich Luebke
Christian Democratic Party
Carlo Schmidt
Max Becker
Selwyn Lloyd
U. S
Harold Macmillan
Geneva
Gromyko
Presbyterian Leader W H Sullivan Sr Dies in Greensboro
W H Sullivan Sr 68 a noted Presbyterian layman and former Greensboro mayor died in Moses Cone Hospital Greensboro He led NC State alumni activities helped establish the Presbyterian Home in High Point and chaired war memorial projects His survivors include wife Margaret Grace Elliott two sons four grandsons and three sisters Funeral at Presbyterian Church of the Covenant and burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Greensboro scheduled for 11 am Tuesday.
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Greensboro
W. H. Sullivan Sr
North Carolina
Presbyterian Church of the Covenant
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Sullivan
Guilford County
Moses Cone Hospital
N. C.state College
N. C. Public Service Co
Salisbury
Southern Railway
W. H. Sullivan Plumbing and Heating Co
Margaret Grace Elliott
W. H. Jr
Charles Spencer Sullivan
John E. Edwards
Guilford College
Hattie Stanley
I. H. Murrell
Charlotte
Life Termer Escapes State Mental Hospital
A 20 year old life term inmate with no teeth fled the state mental hospital ward in Raleigh. Clarence Eugene Kenley cut his way out Saturday night injuring himself during the escape. He weighed 154 pounds, stood 5-6 with a crew cut and wore a green shirt and dark pants. Kenley transferred from Central Prison to the hospital on May 14 1958 after pleading guilty to murdering Bill Dyson who was found with 19 knife wounds a pistol wound and a slit throat.
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Raleigh
Clarence Eugene Kenley
Lenoir
Kenley
Central Prison
Bill Dyson
Dyson
Furniture Mart Opens
The SFMA reports strong early 1959 results with sales in the first five months up 35.4 percent from 1958. Shipments in 1959 are 28.2 percent higher and unfilled orders up 74.6 percent, signaling an all time production peak expected for the year.
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Carolinas
Virginia
James T. Ryan
SFMA
Ryan
Fires Reported At Myrtle Desk Co and Tate Street
Firefighters were called to Myrtle Desk Co at 801 Millis St for a blaze in a Dempster Dumpster caused by spontaneous ignition. Later at 700 Tate St they battled a grass and trash fire that spread to a rear storage shed with extensive damage. Captain T G Shelton cited children playing with matches as a probable cause. Investigation ongoing.
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Myrtle Desk Co
Millis St
Dempster
Tate Street
T. G. Shelton
John Wayne Becomes Grandfather Again
Hollywood AP reports actor John Wayne is a grandfather for the second time. A 7 pound 5 ounce girl named Alicia Marie was born Saturday to his son Michael and Gretchen Deibel. Wayne's daughter Toni La Cava gave birth to a daughter last October.
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Hollywood
John Wayne
Alicia Marie
Michael
Gretchen Deibel
Wayne
Toni la Cava
Gas Blast Kills 19 In Savannah River Train Disaster
A freight wreck on a trestle near Meldrim Georgia released flammable butane gas leading to a massive explosion. Nineteen were killed or feared dead as cars tumbled into the river and fire engulfed the scene. witnesses described a terrifying blast and frantic efforts to rescue survivors.
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David Parker
Meldrim
Montgomery
Ala
Savannah
George Hodges Jr
Near
L. M. Nichols
West Savannah
U. S. 80
Savannah Morning News
Malone Taohar
Bill Harris
Jerria
Violence Claims 19 Victims In North Carolina Weekend
The Associated Press reports a weekend heat relief trip to swimming areas left at least 19 dead in North Carolina. Victims include several drowning cases such as Charles Hoxit and Lomax Stephens, along with multiple highway fatalities across towns like Durham Greensboro and Elizabeth City.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Charles Terry Hoxit
Fletcher
Lomax Stephens
Durham
John Boyd Frye
Greensboro
William Thomas Skinner
Ephriam Lee Myers
Itmann
W.va
Harold Renny Luckey
Stanley
James ‘Nelson Taylor
Noreen Taylor
Murfreesboro
Hugh Alford Watson III
New Bern
George Rudolph Hunter
Burlington
Thomas Lee Gaddy
Mount Gilead
Larry Wayne Allison
Statesville
William Keith Poole
Knightsville
Frank Roll
Aldman
Ross Hairston
Draper
Hal Edward Henderson
Elizabeth City
Curtis ‘Roach
Pasquotank River
Man builds 500 foot incline railroad to hilltop home
Oakland New Jersey AP reports Warner Rosenschein created a small electric railroad to reach his hilltop house. The track climbs an 18 percent grade from the street. The one car system cost about $1,200 and travels the incline in four minutes.
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Oakland
N. J
Warner Rosenschein
Speakers In U S House Never Makes Mistakes
William F. Arbogast explains how speakers depend on The Book and precedents in Cannon’s Procedure and related manuals. The article notes Lewis Deschler’s role, cites historical quotes, and recounts Nicholas Longworth’s cited misstep and eventual reversal.
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U.S
William F. Arbogast
Washington
House of Representatives
Cannon
Merchant of Venice
Bassanio
Portia
Champ Clark
Thomas Jefferson
Frederick H. Gillett
House
Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg
Pennsylvania
Lewis Deschler
Deschler
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Longworth
Governors Attend Church Services in Leningrad Visit
Governors led by North Carolina's Hodges attended church services in Leningrad. Hodges and eight governors visited St. Nicholas Church and a Baptist church, with about 400 people in the latter. Stephen L. R. McNicholas of Colorado toured a Catholic church and the group also toured parks and the Heritage Museum housing renowned art treasures.
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Leningrad
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
U.S
Hodges
St. Nicholas
Stephen L. R. McNicholas
Colorado
Rural mail service expands to West Virginia first
The Rural Free Delivery system began in West Virginia with Vermont slated as the second state to initiate rural mail delivery, marking a new era in postal service reach.
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RFD
West Virginia
Vermont
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Beche & Co
Adams-Millis Corp
American Tobacco Co
Bethlehem Steel
Burlington Mills
Chrysler Corp
Cone Mill Corp
Carolina Light & Power
Douglas Aircraft
DuPont d. Nemours
Dow Chemical
Eastern Airlines
Consolidated Edison
Greyhound Corp
General Dynamic
General Electric
Gulf Oil
General Motors
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
International Harvester
International Tel
Dow-Jones
NEA Service, Inc
Presbyterian
Gate City
Furniture Mart
Liberty Over
His Shoulder
Frol R. Kozlov
Manhattan Island
Robert Wagner
Kozlov
Davis Patrol
Watchman Service
Jack SR. Davis
With A York
Hunter Coal & Oil CO
Armstrong
ST. Wrenn ST
Weathertron
U.- Electn
Puie
Sixecearg ET
John Wesley
E. R. Overley
Ft. Thomas, KY
Homestead Avenue
Unity Super Market
Bob Crawford
Thomasville, N. C
Rufus W. Reynolds
Brown
Hill and Brown
Toledo
T. B. Reynolds
Charles F. Lambeth, Jr
Bailey
S. Main ST
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