Stock Market Mixed As Industrials Lead Decline
New York stocks opened unevenly with a general drift lower in midday trading. The Associated Press average dropped about 40 cents as industrials fell while utilities and rails held steady. Major names including U S Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube declined, with certain gains noted for Martin Co on Vanguard space satellite news.
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New York
Martin Co
Vanguard
U.S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Republic Steel
Bethlehem
Associated Press
American Can Co
Allied Chemical & Dye Eee
American Tobacco Co
the Borden Co
Bethlehem Steel
Burlington Mills
Chrysler Corp
Seve
New York Central RR
Sprinkler Alarm Sends Firemen To National Upholstery
Firemen responded to a sprinkler alarm at National Upholstery on S Hamilton Street at 12 37 this morning with no fire or water damage found. Three Sunday calls included a malicious false alarm at General Paper Co on Prospect Street at 3 05 a.m. Triangle Upholstery on Hamilton reported a dust pit fire with undetermined cause and little damage. At 3 57 p m yesterday crews were called to 309 W Burton St where smoke from a blocked chimney flue led to stove pipe removal and ventilation.
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National
S. Hamilton Street
Department
General Paper Co
Prospect Street
Triangle
Hamilton Street
Burton St
Companieperies
Thom asville men hospitalized after auto crash
Harold Welch and Elmer Coggins of Thom asville were injured when their car ran off Johnsontown Road near Emanuel Church and crashed into a bank. Both men were taken to a local hospital and the State Highway Patrol is investigating.
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Thomasville
Harold Welch
Elmer Coggins
Johnsontown Road
Emanuel Church
J. C. Green
State Highway Patrol
Iing
First Area Hog Market Opened Near Greensboro
Greensboro reports the region's first hog market of its kind near the Curtis Packing Co. plant on Randolph Avenue Extension. Operates 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday with scales ramps and holding pens. No auction charges. Liveweight buying based on USDA grades.
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Greensboro
Curtis Packing Co
Randolph Avenue
Willard H. Kimrey
Siler City
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Husband and Wife Say They Were Just Playing in Stabbing
A stabbing occurred Saturday night when Ralph Gray Luther and his wife claimed they were just playing. Luther suffered a 10 stitch cut to the right groin from a switch blade, narrowly missing a main artery, and was taken to hospital. Police reported the incident and charges were issued by pace.
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Ralph Gray Luther
Roy Street
Pace
Advertisers Spend Ten Billion Annually in U S Markets
The encyclopedia Britannica reports that advertisers in the United States allocate about 10 billion dollars each year. This figure highlights the scale of advertising spending and its impact on media and commerce.
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United States
Encyclopedia
Britannica
Judge J. J. Parker Dies In Washington
obituary notes Judge J J Parker longtime Fourth Circuit jurist and Republican political figure who aided war fraud prosecutions and led key par clearance and yellow dog contracts cases His career included failed Senate and gubernatorial bids and a 1951 school segregation ruling, with service on the Nuremberg tribunal and a family noted for public life.
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Carolina
Federal Reserve Bank
Oneegan
Anderson
Richmond
John W. Davis
Parker
United States Supreme Court
North Carolina
Congress
Robert N. Page
Walter Hines Page
Cameron Morrison
Coolidge
Court of Appeals
Fourth Circuit
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
South Carolina
George W. McClintie
Red Jacket Consolidated Coal & Coke Co
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Miners’ Union
District Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Hitchman Coal Co
Red Jacket
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Yellow Dog
Hoover
Senate
Clarendon
Germany
Nurenburg
John J. Parker Jr
Francis Iredell Parker
Sara
Rufus Ward
Spartanburg
S.C
Bennett's Mother Dies in Salt Lake City at 88
Mrs. Rosetta Elizabeth Wallace Bennett, mother of U S Senator Wallace F Bennett of Utah, died at her Salt Lake City home. She was 88. Bennett left Washington last week due to his mother's illness and she was the widow of John F Bennett, a prominent local businessman and religious figure.
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Salt Lake City
Rosetta Elizabeth Wallace Bennett
U.S
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Sen. Bennett
Washington
Satellite 300 Miles Up Would Orbit Earth Fragment
The description details a 300 mile high satellite tumbling toward the Atlantic after launch. A delayed third stage ignites boosting speed to 18 000 mph, placing it in an equatorial orbit with 35 degree inclination. The 2 800 pound motor powers separation and a 90 to 100 minute global circumnavigation.
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Atlantic J
Florida
Grand Central Rocket Co
Redlands
Calif
Africa
Raleigh
N. C
Duplex Fire Damages Thomasville Home on Church Street
A weekend blaze damaged the living room of one side of a duplex at 305 Church St in Thomasville. Firemen said a wall ceiling and furniture were burned near a couch, cause under investigation while the Jack Smiths occupied the unit. Earlier, water heater steam at 114 Carmalt St resembled fire but was stopped by cutting power.
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Thomasville
Church St
Jack Smiths
Miss Beulah
Carmalt St
Randleman Men Held in Montgomery County Murder Case
Two men from Randleman are jailed in the Montgomery County jail on murder charges and aiding and abetting in the killing of Bertha Mae Chriscoe Free man 21 mother of two. Delmar Parks Jr 20 and Edgar Owens 47 are charged with murder. Also arrested were Perry Chriscoe 21 and Frank Graves with additional connections to the case.
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Randleman
Montgomery County
Bertha Mae Chriscoe Freeman
Black Ankle
Delmar Parks Jr
Edgar Owens
Perry Chriscoe
S. Freeman
Frank Graves
Vanguard Successful Flight Marks First Step in Space
The Vanguard rocket launched at 7:16 a.m. rose vertically for 10 seconds before angling southeast. It reached 35 miles altitude after staging, with the first stage likely falling 275 miles from the site. Built by Martin Co. for the Naval Research Laboratory, the mission carried the Explorer I satellite and two radios, one solar powered.
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Air Force
Vanguard
Martin Co
Baltimore
Naval Research Laboratory
Allen Jay Pupils To Present Operetta Tonight
Allen Jay Primary School stages the operetta Children of Old Mother Goose at the high school auditorium during a PTA meeting. Grades one through four perform under direction of the primary teachers and Frances Mabe.
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Allen Jay Primary School
Frances Mabe
Sparkman Foresees War Endangering Life
In Chapel Hill Sen. Sparkman outlined a U S Asia policy warning a general war could blot out humanity. He presented guidelines to deny Communist expansion, as the UNC symposium continued with leaders like Sen. Henry Jackson and Dr. Dunham discussing defense, industry, education, and atomic energy challenges.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Asia
Arkman
Carolna
America
Alabama
United States
Sparkman
University of North Carolina
Henry Jackson
D.wash
Charles L. Dunham
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Sen. Jackson
Washington
NATO
Dr. Dunham
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Teleeneee Eter
Standard Oil Co
Ceever
Jones Laughlin Steel
Johns Manville
Sneee
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Pennsylvania Railway Cocuul
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Clavellete Mae ‘Proctor & Gamble
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the Texas Co
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Youngstown
F. W. Woolworth Co
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Wfmy-Tv
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Geeret
Yeo One
Harriet
Burns & Allen
Garry
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RFC
Love of Life
Art Linkletter
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Winston-Salem
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Goodyear Theatre
Jackoe & Prevone
Kitty Foyle
Dayton Tires
Hughes Tire Service, Inc
North Main
WBTV
Charlotte
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High Point
Carolina Tri-City Termite CO
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Home OF Quality & Service
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Marshall Brennan
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Deep Six
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Tar “Ame
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