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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1957
Page
5
Local merchants watch a General Assembly bill aiming to shield clerks from false arrest when they detain suspected shoppers. Supporters say the measure curbs abuse by thieves and eases enforcement, with merchants associations backing the change.
The New York stock market posted its lowest weekly average of 1957 with narrow price moves and light volume. The Associated Press average rose 20 cents to 173.90 as traders debated bear market risks and a possible plateau.
Mid century Latimer Jr. announces four promotions including James L. Bulla Jr. to assistant manager and Chan M. Pegram to sales coordinator. New sales staff J W Morel joins from Charlotte and J W Roberts becomes sales representative. Sylvia Workman and Brown Hedgecock added to secretarial team as part of a large expansion.
In Charlotte more than 750 state employees from 13 Piedmont counties unanimously endorsed a resolution seeking a 5 per cent raise for all state workers. Clifton Beckwith, executive secretary of the employee group, said the plan could make McDevitt the state's most powerful figure yet also the most unpopular for the next two years.
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