Market Holds Thin Gain in Quiet Trading
The New York stock market shows a slim upturn midday with the AP index up 0.1 to 254.3 and the Dow at 638.63, as gains are mostly fractional. Auto stocks slip and rise mix, while IBM falls and Merck advances, with trading subdued and bonds little changed.
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New York
Associated Press
Wall
Radio Corp
Liggett & Myers
Eastman Kodak
Goodyear
Merck
Kennecott
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio
Union Carbide
Dow Jones
Floods force hundreds to flee as Ohio rises
Overnight floodwaters across Ohio River Valley force 500 families from Parkersburg to Wheeling and threaten Columbus bridges. Red Cross moves 50 disaster workers and 20 shelters open as charts show Ohio crest near 22 feet, with significant river and Creek flooding in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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Wheeling
W.va
Ohio River
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Chartiers Creek
Pittsburgh
Tower Hill
Cincinnati
Washington
Red Cross
Indiana
Truman Solverud
U.S. Weather Bureau
Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Chillicothe
Meadow Lands
Houston
Canonsburg
Carnegie
Monongahela
North Carolina ministers urge abolition of death penalty
At a joint legislative hearing the Rev. Ted Stone and other speakers argued the death penalty is biased against the poor and minorities and not a true deterrent. They urged abolition, noting risks of executing innocent people, while lawmakers took no action on the bills.
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Raleigh
Senate
House Judiciary Committees
Ted Stone
Durham
Stone
North Carolina
W. C. Harris
Wake
Harris
John H. Voorhees Jr
The
Unitarian
Cuba Missile Crisis Wartime Alerts Stressed by Republican Leader
The Republican leader notes the Strategic Air Command, Navy, and Army were placed on wartime readiness during the Cuba crisis, while denying claims the administration hid facts. He asserts information on missile sites and ranges was shared at leadership meetings with sources and timing.
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Caribbean
Strategic Air Command
Navy
Army
Cuba
Unemployment Case Argued and Death Sentences Reported
The North Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments on a 1961 unemployment insurance amendment that denies benefits to workers idle in a dispute they did not join. The case involves 650 Eastern Air Lines employees seeking benefits after a flight engineers strike. In Paris, a special military court sentenced six men to die for the Aug. 1962 attempt on President De Gaulle amid political tensions and arrests.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
North Carolina
Eastern Air Lines
Employment Insurance Commission
EAL
High Court
Superior Court
H. L. Riddle Jr
R. Hunt Parker
Charlotte
James L. Cole
Air Line Pilots Association
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Cole
Union
Secret Army
Algeria
Iide
Justice Parker
Warren Stock
Bailey Patrick Jr
Harold N. Hill
Atlanta
Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry
Alain de Bougrenet
Jacques Prevost
Georges
Watin
Bernier
Lajos Marton
Four Die As Bus Plunges Into East River
A New York City bus bound for Welfare Island veered into the East River after the driver, John E. Albert, suffered a heart attack. Seven people died, six bodies recovered, Beatrice Sturdivant among the missing. Four passengers survived. The bus, operated by the city Department of Hospitals, plunged from a seawall and lay on its side, tides dragging it into the river.
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New York
East River
John E. Albert
Department of Hospitals
Milton Halpern
Albert
Harbor
Beatrice Sturdivant
Welfare Island
John Alberts
Alberts
Manhattan
Queens
Haas
Newton
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Adams Millis
Allied
Am Can Co
Enka
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Am Tel & Tel Am
Atch T&sf
Atl Coast Line
Atl Refining
Balt &Co
Lorillard P
Marin-Marietta
McLean Trk
Monty Ward
Motorola
NEW York (Ap
Nat Diary Pol
Natl Distillers
NY Central
North West
Bendix Corp
Avia
Beth Sd
Boeing Air
Penney J C Borg-Warner
Pennsy RR
Burl Ind
Pepsi-Cola
Phillips Petr
Burroughs Corp
Pure Oil
Mar Weer Cer Eenes
Caro P&l
Celanese Corp
Ceres Essen Ene
Champion
P&f
Rep Steel
Ches & Ohio
Reynolds Tob
Sealed Airs
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Coca-Cola
Columbia G&e
Sou Railway
Coml Credit
Sperry Corp
iCon Ed
Curtiss Wrt
Calif
Ind
Dan Aio Mills
Douglas Aire
Std Oil NJ
Dow Chem
Stevens JP
DuPont den
Texaco Inc
East Airs
Textron Inc
Eastman Rod
Union Bag
Firestone
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Ford Motor
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United Airlines
Gen Foods
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United Fruit
Gen Met
Gen Tel & Tel
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Gm Allied Sec
Goodrich BF
US Steel
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Va el & Pow
Am Fidelity Life
Greyhound
Gulf Oil Corp
Va P&p Int Nickel Can
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Carolinas Capital Sia
Int Paper
West Union
Colonial Stores
Int
Tel & Tel
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Drexel Enterprises
Winn-Dixie
el Acct
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Woolworth
First Southern
Lockh Air
Zenith Rad
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Piedmont Aviation
Piedmont Nat. Gas
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N.C
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
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Linsly Military Institute
Indus
Irvin Tries
Hodges
Jean Rosenau
Evendale
Cropaedia Britannica
Diane Baker
NemaSco
Paul Newman
Richard Beymer
LIVE
Cary, Doris Grant Day
William Holden
Stalag 17
Thomasville High Point
John Ireland
Prive-Ii Theatre
Crowther
N.Y
Peter Sellers
Py Mai Zetterling
Virginia Maskell
Jack Lemmons
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Lana Turner
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