Stock Market Mixed as Caution Grips Early Session
Quotations show uneven trading at 11 a.m. with narrow moves among leaders. Declines hit Boeing, Goodyear, and Du Pont while several large names including U.S. Steel and American Telephone moved about a point or more. many issues displayed small gains or losses with profits taking noted in Du Pont.
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New York
Boeing
Goodyear
du Pont
Airlag
General Tire
Thiokol
Servel
Solar
U.S
Lukens Steel
U.S. Steel
American Telephone
Radio Corp
Philco
Union Carbide
American Can Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
Adams-Millis Corp
American Tobacco Co
Bethlehem Steel
Burlington Mills
Chrysler Corp
Carolina Light & Power
Douglas Aircraft
DuPont de Nemours
Eastern Airlines
Miners Demonstrate Strength Amid Kentucky Strike
In Harlan Kentucky a 40 mile motorcade by United Mine Workers shows resolve as 26 independent rail mines and over 200 small truck operations halt. A union official vows no coal until the 1959 contract is signed amid operator fears of bankruptcy from a $2 daily pay increase.
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William J. Waugh
Sun Fight
Deliveryman Dies After Elevator Shaft Fall in New York
Hernan San 21, a deliveryman, died from injuries after a 10 story fall through an open elevator door. He walked into an apparently unguarded shaft, dropped ten floors, and crashed through the elevator roof before succumbing in hospital.
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New York
Hernan San_ 21
Bill Seeks Aid For Man Injured Helping Officer
Rep. al Kemp of Guilford introduced a bill to reimburse Rob ert James a Mocksville carpenter who was injured June 1 1957 while aiding a patrolman in arresting Jack Peacock a bond jumper. The proposal would have the DMV pay James 2000 dollars without court action since he was not deputized. The bill was referred to the Ap-Committee.
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Bill
Raleigh
al ‘Kemp
Guilford
Mocksville
Robert James
Jack Peacock
Peacock
James
Kemp
Department of Motor Vehicles
Ap- Committee
Sterilization Measure Discussed in Senate Debate
Jolly of Franklin introduced the sterilization proposal in the Senate. Dr Davis argued against it calling it not the solution while noting 1957 illegitimate birth figures in North Carolina and a public demand for such law. He warned sterilization cannot legislate morals and urged a broader constructive program.
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Jolly
Franklin
Senate
Fenders
North Carolina
Davis
Rocket Ship Goes Aloft Today at Edwards Air Force Base
At Edwards Air Force Base California a B52 mother ship with an X15 rocket on its wing awaits a first flight. The test aims to lift the craft to edge of space and return safely, likely taking two hours, before it lands on the dry lake bed runway.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Bock
Cancer causes deaths among U S children under 15
Cancer accounts for about 4 000 deaths yearly among children under fifteen in the United States.
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United States
Four Arrested In Holdup Across New York Metro
Reported holdup spree ties three major robberies in under two hours. In Queens a savings bank yields $8,000. in Manhattan a garment district bank nets $7,000 after a teller note. One getaway man nabbed. suspect Howard identified.
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Lesse
Eam
New York
Queens
Savings and Loan Association
Manhattan
Garment District
Howard
Synthetic rubber developed to rival natural rubber
New York reports a poly-isoprene synthetic rubber described as tough and heat resistant aims to free the U.S. from foreign rubber in wartime. Limited production exists at a Shell facility in Los Angeles with truck tires as a test use while early GR-S types failed.
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New York
United States
Shell Eas
Los Angeles
Sai US
Forecast North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia
North Carolina mainly cooler east of the mountains this afternoon and a little cooler tonight and Wednesday with highs around 99 and lows in the 30s to 40s. South Carolina sees sunny spells with highs 57 to 65 and lows 37 to 44. Georgia remains generally fair with little temperature change and lows 36 to 46 tonight and Wednesday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Mansfield Urges Four Power Pact Clash Over Army and Marine Cuts
Senate hearing rooms witness a Democratic push against the administration plan to trim the Army from 900000 to 870000 and the Marine Corps from 200000 to 175000. Russell, Symington, Douglas, Ellender urge maintaining higher force levels. Cooper criticizes perceived political lines and excessive talk on defense inadequacy.
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Senate
Army
Marine Corps
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Berlin
Paul H. Douglas
R-ay
U.S
Mrs Reid 51 dies. services set in Marshville
Mrs Willie Elizabeth Reid, 51, daughter of George Henry Maye and Es sie Hasty Maye, lived in High Point for about 30 years. She leaves a daughter Georgia Huntley and a son Cance Huntley Jr. Funeral 2 PM at Elizabeth Baptist Church Marshville with Rev. D F. body to remain at Moore Funeral Home until 5 PM then travel to Marshville.
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Willie Elizabeth Reid
George Henry
Essie Hasty Maye
Marshville
High Point
Georgia Huntley
Cance Huntley Jr
Baltimore
Elizabeth Baptist Church
D. F
Moore Funeral Home
Accused Bank Robber On Trial
Richard S Townes Jr. of Raleigh faces trial in Rockingham District Court for the $7,608 heist of the Laurinburg State Bank on Aug 25. Police and FBI say he fled after taking $7,245, with $302 on him and $6,937 at home. Townes wore tape on one cheek and warned staff he would blow their brains out if urged.
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Rockingham
N.C
Richard S Townes Jr
Raleigh
Laurinburg
FBI
Townes
Roper Street
State Bank of Laurinburg
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May & Company
Security Bank
Consolidated Edison
Eastman Kodak
Ask
Greyhound Corp
American Marietta
General Dynamics
Billups Petroleum
General Electric
Colonial Stores
Gulf Oil
Commonwealth Life
General Motors
Domestic Finance
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Drexel Furniture
International Harvester
International Tel
Gulf Life Ins
Standard Oil Co
Jefferson Standard
Jones Laughlin Steel
N. C. Tel. Co
Johns Manville
Public Serv. of
Loew’s Inc
Pyramid Life Ins
Norfolk & Western Rwy
Security National Bank
Phillips Petroleum
Textile Ins. Co
Pennsylvania Railway
United Ins. Co
Pepsi-Cola
Wachovia Bank
Procter & Gamble
Lucky Stores
Reynolds Tobacco
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Southern
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
F. W. Woolworth Co
Meinhard & Company, Inc
Fourth Ave
Percy Payne
Sunset Dr
Dow-Jones
Bache & Co
Zior
Bronx
Stephen Sladkus
Lynbrook
N.Y
Mansfield
Colored News
South
Mann
Eta
North Main
Trailways
Chicago
Wilmington
Jacksonville
ThruLiner
UNION
Lindsay Street
N. C
Wachovia
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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