Stocks rally on broad gains led by steels and electronics
The New York market rose from a spotty start with the AP 60 stock average up 0.60 to 243.20 and the Dow Jones 30 industrials up 4.11 to 681.16 at noon. Steel names led the advance while electronics and recreation stocks posted scattered gains and several issues slid.
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Associated Press
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Jones & Laughlin
Bethlehem
AMF
Brunswick
Radio Corp
Sperry Rand
American Telephone
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U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Boeing
International Paper
C&o
American Airlines
Southern Pacific
U.S
Dow Jones Averages Report From Bache & Co
The article lists Dow Jones Averages with figures for the day including closing values and changes. It presents several index levels and trading volumes, reflecting the market snapshot furnished by Bache & Co.
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Bache & Co
Rural Electrification loan to Wilkes Telephone in Wilkesboro
The Rural Electrification Administration announced a $253000 loan to Wilkes Telephone Membership Corp of Wilkesboro North Carolina on Monday. The loan supports extending electrical services and improving rural infrastructure.
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REA Loan
Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Wilkes Telephone Membership Corp
Wilkesboro
N. C
Independent Phone Firms Hold Meeting in Sedgefield
Representatives of 34 independent telephone companies met at Sedgefield for the NC Independent Telephone Assn spring conference. Royster Tucker Jr. presided as NC State association president. sessions covered traffic plant accounting and commercial functions to coordinate nationwide developments and improve local service.
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Sedgefield
N.C
Union Hill to Host First Grade Orientation Friday
Union Hill School hosts orientation for the entering first grade class next fall. Parents should bring birth certificates health certificates and immunization records for registration. Talks by a health nurse a nutritionist and a first grade teacher will occur while children join a morning class and stay for lunch before leaving at 11 45 a.m.
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Union Hill School
Girl Convicted Of Malicious Damage To Car
Pearline Watts 19 from Rt 2 Trinity was found guilty in Municipal Court of malicious damage to property. She struck a 1955 convertible with a shoe during a dispute with her sister’s boyfriend, shattering the windshield and two door glasses. She must pay $125 plus court costs.
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Pearline Watts
Rt. 2
Trinity
Pearline
James Elwood Johnson
Extermination Camp Testimony Reveals Despair of Holocaust Victims
Dr. Leon Wells, born in Poland and a 1941 survivor, described how prisoners lost will to live by 1943. He testified about a break from a death camp, a woman spitting at a guard, and a Nazi killing a child before smashing its head. The judges overruled defense objections as Eichmann's inquiry continued.
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Poland
Fort Lee
N. J
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Eichmann
Robert Servatius
Servatius
NASA delays Mercury flight awaiting safer launch window
NASA announced the launch was postponed at least until Thursday with a 48 hour minimum recycle time. The crew remains in quarters and fueling was halted after delays while weather and readiness were reassessed, risking an indefinite delay if no launch by Saturday.
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Cape Canaveral
Security Quotations Guide for NASD Bid and Asked Prices
The following up and asked prices are from the National Association of Securities Dealers Inc and other sources that are unofficial. They do not represent actual transactions but serve as a guide to the approximate range within which these securities could have been sold or bought at the time of compilation. Origin of any question will be furnished upon request.
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National Association of Securities Dealers Inc
Local Man Faces Four Charges in Court Dates Set
A 36 year old Claude R Kitchen of Bolton St was arrested on two warrants for violation of the prohibition law one for possessing two thirds pint taxpaid whisky with seal broken and one for possession of two thirds pint whisky He also faced a drunkenness charge and a traffic citation Bond set at 150 He will appear in court on May 15 for drunk and open liquor and May 31 for the extra charge and traffic. Two youths Travis Dennis and James T Terry 17 were arrested for an affray on E High Street Bond 50 each and set for June 5. William Rufus Edwards 21 of Eastview faces charges for leaving an accident at 204 Woodbine St failing to give name address and license Bond 50 May 24 Municipal court. Edwards also cited for no driver's license.
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Bolton St
Travis Dennis
Woodbury St
James T. Terry
E. High Street
William Rufus Edwards
Eastview Street
Edwards
Woodbine St
HPC Alumni Group Elects New Officers
William R. Wrenn, a 1953 High Point College graduate, chosen as president of the Washington Alumni chapter at its annual meeting. Wrenn, a GWU Law School alum practicing in Arlington, succeeds Jake Steel.
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George Washington University Law School
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Muriel Hilton Parks
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Philip H. Modlin
Dorothy
Davis Taylor
B. Currie Williams
Ed Kemp
High Point
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HPC
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore
Richmond
Twilight Civitan Club Adds Six New Members
Six new members were inducted into the Twilight Civitan Club last night. They were welcomed by Glenn Kennerly of Greensboro a former governor. Inductees include Grayson Smith Jim Stanley Don Warner Bill Hutchens Ralph Hartley and Burton Davis. The group noted the state convention in High Point May 13 15. Douglas Massey attended as a guest.
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Greensboro
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Jim Stanley
Don Warner
Bill Hutchens
Ralph Hartley
Burton Davis
Civitans
High Point
Douglas Massey
Mission Holding Revival Series at Pentecostal Mission
A revival continues at Pentecostal Holiness Mission on Johnson Road off Trinity Avenue through May 7. Evangelist Rev. Elvio Canadesio of Argentina preaches at 7:30 p.m. daily. Mission pastor is Rev. J. L. Honeycutt.
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Aerial Pirate Hijacks U S Airliner For Cuban Flight
A Florida hijack ends with a National Airlines flight diverted to Jose Marti and then San Antonio Field in Cuba. The gunman, calling himself El Pirata Cofresi, demanded Castro be killed for blood money but planned to meet Castro instead. FBI probes his identity and motives as Cuban militiamen detain him.
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Parker Charged In Double Slaying Near Statesville
Jimmy Lewis Parker twenty five was formally charged with two counts of first degree murder in the Sunday night killings of the Estes couple at their rural home. Witnesses say Parker forced the Gillians to drive him away after the shootings with his eight year old daughter witnessing.
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New Films Available For Public Library Showing
The High Point Public Library offers several films at no charge through May 19. Topics include Child Care and Development, Crafts of the Fire, India and Pakistan Lands and People, and Musical Ride about RCMP training at Rockcliffe Barracks. Additional titles on request may be available.
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