Market Turns Slightly Higher Amid Mixed Signals
New York stocks edged up in early trading as the AP average rose 0.10 to 243.20 at noon while the Dow fell 1.49 to 670.99. Industrials weakened, rails gained, and oils declined as steel shares dropped and several eds showed modest advances.
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New York
Associated Press
Soviet Russia
Laos
Calumet & Hecla
Douglas Aircraft
Universal Oil
Allied Chemical and
DuPont
Dow Jones
U.S
Soviet Pravda Signals Push for Peace in Laos Crisis
Pravda article signed Observer indicated Soviet general support for British ceasefire proposals and a 14 nation peace conference in Laos. Officials noted possible Soviet acceptance of peaceful settlement and said Washington would be gratified if confirmed. Kennedy reaffirmed U S goal of neutral independent Laos free from domination.
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Pravda
Britain
Soviet Union
Laos
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Macmillan
United States
Washington
State Department
First grade bottle discovery shocks Oklahoma City class
An Oklahoma City first grade pupil found an empty whisky bottle tossed on school grounds. The teacher asked the pupil to place it in a waste basket. Later pupils spotted the bottle in the teacher’s waste basket prompting explanations.
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Oklahoma City
Latvian Youth Advances to West Point Cadet
Maris Jende, who arrived in 1949 as a non English speaker, became a leading high school student and National Guardsman before qualifying for the United States Military Academy at West Point. His brothers include a college student and a high school senior in Chillicothe.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
United States
United States Military Academy
West Point
Maris Jende
Portuyan use slobbering pine to trap flies
The Portuyan gather a plant called slobbering pine to capture flies. They hang the leaves in homes where tin glands on the leaf surface secrete a mucilaginous coating that traps insects.
Primatene Offers Nonprescription Asthma Relief This Invention
Physicians favor a leading asthma formula now sold without prescription in most states. Tests show it stops attacks in minutes and provides hours of relief. Primatene tablets open airways loosen congestion ease tension and aid sleep at night with no injections. Priced at 98 cents at drug stores.
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New York
N.Y
Dow Jones Averages Reported by Bache & Co
The Dow Jones averages show 12 noon levels with the Industrials at 671.87 and 670.99 on the prior and close figures, Rails at 148.76 today, Utilities at 111.63, and Stocks at 227.66, with trading volume listed as 1,050,000. The data reflects furnished figures from Bache & Co. and includes surrounding figures for context.
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Bache & Co
Amaa Mnan Ire Nong Nioe CS
Sugar and salt bids spark anti trust doubt at prison contracts
Sanford from Raleigh representing Penn sylvania Sugar and J B Kittrell of Greenville for Savannah Sugar Refining denied price fixing as three brokers submitted identical bids for confectionary sugar for prison bakeries after a lot draw. Barbee based his price on list minus discount. bids were 3.08 a case and 926 10 for 300 cases. Walter T Adams of Morton Salt Co said five salt firms sent identical bids of 1 27 per 100 pound bag for 600 bags, while denying pre bid collusion and noting anti trust law concerns.
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William White
Walter T. Adams
Raleigh
Morton Salt Co
Adams
Crane Rolls Into Lake In Grafton During Advertising Stunt
Louis Noble an electrical contractor used a 25-ton crane valued at 15000 dollars to erect a 35-foot imitation rocket when the brakes failed. The crane rolled down a hill and slid into a small deep lake with only the boom tip visible.
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Grafton, Ill
Louis Noble
Noble
Three Die as Riots Erupt on Martinique Sugar Plant
Three killed and 25 wounded in strike riots among field workers on the French island of Martinique. Reports from Paris say violence followed a cane-cutting dispute near Lamentin, with police protecting a plantation manager and dock workers at Fort de France joining the strikes.
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Paris
Martinique
West Indies
Lamentin
Fort de France
Japan Leads World In Textile Exports in 1960
Japan topped global cotton goods exports in 1960 but seeks greater access to the United States. Reports show Japan lost market share to Hong Kong Portugal Spain Egypt France Formosa Pakistan Korea and India due to a U S quota agreement ending this year. Japan shipped about 282 million square yards, a rise from 1958 but far below 1948.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Hong Kong
Portugal
Spain
Egypt
France
Formosa
Pakistan
Korea
India
Commerce Department
Sen
Olin D. Johnston
D-S.c
Senate
U.S
Congress
Kennedy
Cabinet
Mexico
Mt Washington Records Wind Gust at 231 MPH in 1934
A World Record wind gust of 231 miles per hour was measured on Mount Washington New Hampshire on April 12 1934 confirming the highest surface wind ever recorded. The event is cited in historical meteorological records.
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Mt. Washington
New Hampshire
Oldest Triplets Faith Hope and Charity Turn 93
The nation’s oldest triplets Faith Hope and Charity are 93 today. They will mark the birthday privately at Cushing Hospital in Framingham where they have resided for two years. Annie Faith McDonnell Ellen Hope Daniels and Nora Charity Murphy are all widows and will be attended by hospital staff.
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Framingham
Mass
Faith, Hope and
Charity
Cushing Hospital
Annie Faith McDonnell
Ellen Hope Daniels
Nora Charity Murphy
Mixed Dancing class at Flora Stone Mather College
In a West ern Reserve University course for women’s physical education, students sign up for Mixed Dancing, expecting male participation but discovering it covers forms like square folk and modern dance. No men are enrolled in the class.
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Cleveland
Western Reserve University
Flora Stone Mather College
Kathy Karipides
White May Resign From Highway Body
Gov. Sanford said J. Lee White of Concord will resign from the State Highway Commission to join the State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. White, 73, has served on the commission since 1957 and is among five nominees recommended by North Carolina’s two U.S. senators for the ASC post.
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Raleigh
Sanford
J. Lee White
Concord
State Highway Commission
Tate Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
White
ASC
North Carolina
U.S
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Cease Fire Contingent on Political Deal with France
Cairo AP report quotes Ahmed Bouw mendjel, director of the political department at the rebel Algerian nationalist government's information ministry, stating a cease fire in Algeria will be observed only after a political agreement with France is reached.
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Cairo
Ahmed Bouwmendjel
Algeria
France
Weekend Violence Claims Nine Lives in North Carolina
The Associated Press reports at least nine people died in North Carolina over the weekend due to violence and accidents. A four car crash near Rocky Mount killed W. H. Frye 49 his wife Lottie 48 and Simon Os burn 50 all of Mt Airy Maryland, injuring 11 others. Other fatalities include Bernard Denitto 38 of Savannah Hollingsworth 75 of Wallace Alice Caldwell 86 Lincolnton Lloyd Spencer 59 Lincolnton and James Wicker 43 Concord. A fire at the New River Marine Corps Air Facility killed six year old Mark Kent, son of Staff Sgt Willis Kent.
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Tel Oe
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de Montgomery Ward
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Avia
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Eer
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Winn - Dixie
Woolworth & Co
Zenith Radio
North Carolina
Rocky Mount
W. H. Frye
Lottie
Simon Osburn
Mt. Airy
Bernard Raymond Denitto
Savannah
Smithfield
Isaac Quincey Hollingsworth
Rt. 2
Wallace
Alice Caldwell
Newton
Lloyd Delbert Spencer
Rt. 1
Lincolnton
James Harold Wicker
Concord
Mark 8
Kent
Marine
Willis H. Kent
New River Marine Corps Air Facility
Defections Predicted by Cuban Radio Propa gandist Llada
Jose Pardo Llada the Cuban radio propaganda chief who defected from Castro’s regime was quoted by a diplomat Sunday night predicting two more very important defections from Havana will take place this week.
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Jose Pardo Llada
Havana
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