New York Stocks Edge Higher Amid Holiday Trade Slowdown
The New York market showed a modest uptick with mixed results across sectors while nerves over the holiday and upcoming New York election kept trading restrained. News wires note overall volume around 1.4 million shares on Friday with several major groups—motors railroads oils rubbers and chemicals—showing activity and some declines in steel.
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New York
New York Produce Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Subversion Report Gains Wide Private Distribution
Privately funded distribution spreads the Senate subcommittee report on Interlocking Subversion in Government Departments. The 50 page study, issued after hearings on Communist infiltration, has seen 111000 copies distributed with 85000 printed privately and 50000 sent by the Republican National Committee to party leaders nationwide.
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Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Munist
Republican National Committee
Suspension Report Not Confirmed by Army
Washington reports an aide to Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stephens would not confirm or deny that a member of the Army loyalty board has been suspended for alleged Communist front activity. Senator McCarthy claimed a panel member was questioned and suggested removals, while the Army cited a White House directive restricting disclosure.
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Robert T. Stephens
Army
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Los Angeles
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
McCarthy
Stevens
Army Screening Board
John Kane
White House
Weather figures show mild temperatures and sunset
The forecast lists a low of 40 tonight and a high of 78 tomorrow. Today’s high was 78 with a low of 37 last night. Sunset is at 5:24 p.m. today and sunrise tomorrow at 6:44 a.m.
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Asheville
Atlanta
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Denver
Detroit
High Point
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Mobile
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New York
Ryleigh
San Antonio
San Francisco
Washington
Wilmington
Eisenhower Plan Ordered Into Effect in Agriculture Shakeup
Secretary Benson announced a broad reorganization plan for the Agriculture Department. It groups research bureaus into a new Agricultural Research Service and creates an Agricultural Marketing Service to take on major marketing and research duties. A Commodity Stabilization Service would handle acreage allotments and quotas, with price support through the CCC. Local farmer committees remain to carry out field programs. The plan was outlined October 13 and targeted for November 1 unless changes arose.
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Benson
Desi
Als
National Assny of Soil Conservation Districts
Agricultural Research Administration
Owe Agricultural Research Service
Production and Marketing Administration
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
C City Credit Corp
Commodity Stabilization Service
Southern Papers Join New AP Teletypesetter Wire
Newspapers in Alabama South Carolina and Tennessee join AP’s 24 hour teletypesetter trunk circuit to speed news to readers. The Montgomery Advertiser and Journal Charleston News Courier and Post and Chattanooga Times and News Free Press receive tape on perforated reels fed into line casting machines to speed production. The AP started around the clock service last month after a two year nationwide trial from 2 pm to 7 am.
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New York
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
New
Definite Benefits From Law Repeal in Gallup New Mexico
Law enforcement officers in Gallup New Mexico cite two definite benefits from repealing the liquor sale ban to Indians. They report a drop in drunken driving and fewer deaths from exposure as Indians can now drink in town rather than in remote canyons.
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Gallup
N. M
United States pushes atrocity issue in Geneva debates
The General Assembly debates a U S bid to add atrocity topics to disarmament talks. The U S has not signed the Geneva Convention over guarantees against germ and gas warfare. The 15 nation Steering Committee, with Russia and Poland present, is expected to back the move in plenary session. Ratification in Tuesday’s Assembly is anticipated.
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Disarmament Commission
United States
General Assembly
Russia
Poland
U. S
Talmadge Defends Racial Policy and School Issue
Georgia Governor Melvin Talmadge argued for maintaining segregation policy while backing Benson’s farm program. He criticized Senator Young for calling for the secretary’s resignation and said race relations in the South are improving with substantial funds for equal schools. He warned that an antisegregation ruling could fracture the nation.
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Dixie Clan
Benson
Sen. Young
McKeldin
Talmadge
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Georgia
High Court
Rhee Hails Defense Pact In Seoul Celebration
President Syngman Rhee praised the U S South Korea mutual defense pact calling it a glory to Korea at a mass celebration. Pyun Yung Tai returned from Washington ceremonies as Rhee and U S Secretary John Foster Dulles had earlier conferences in Seoul last July.
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Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Republic of Korea
Pyun Yung Tai
Washington
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Open Safety Pin Removed From Child
Little Michael Larry Doran, 17 months, was discharged after doctors in St. Louis removed an open safety pin from his stomach in a three stage procedure. The pin had lodged behind his voice box and broke during retrieval, but the child recovered fully.
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Louis Little
Michael Larry Doran
Ray Doran
Public School Economics Conference Opens in Chapel Hill
CHAPEL HILL N C A conference of the Association of Public School Systems opened with a speech by Dr Harold F Clark of Columbia University on Broadening the Economic Base. About 50 delegates from the Carolinas and Virginia attended sessions at the University of North Carolina with a panel on resources personnel. Dr Norton Beach of Columbia University coordinates the event and Richard G Stockton of Wachovia Bank is slated to speak tonight.
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N. C
Harold F. Clark
Columbia University
Association of Public School Systems
Clark
Carolinas
Virginia
University of
J. Warren Smith
North Carolina Department of Education
Ben Douglas
North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development
Robert Lunz
Bears Bluff
S.C
E. 0. Jewell
Norfolk, Va., Port Authority
Norton Beach
APSS
Richard G. Stockton
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
Sheriff Wells Feted At Funeral After Line Of Duty Death
An estimated 4000 people attended the funeral for Sheriff John Thomas Wells of Pender County. Wells, 55, was shot during a public safety event in North Carolina as Jack Williams, a Black man, involved in the incident died in a personal crisis.
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Burgaway
John Thomas Wells
North Carolina
Wells
Pender County
Jack Williams
Williams
Electric Congress Elicits Rural Youth In North Carolina
Four power companies hosted 131 rural youths for the annual 4H and Home Electric Congress in Raleigh. Seventy seven girls and 34 boys from 78 Tar Heel counties were expected to attend with state and district winners to be announced at a luncheon closing session. Delegates planned a visit to the Morehead Planetarium at Chapel Hill and a banquet was on the program. The North Carolina Bankers Association announced an oratorical contest for white high school students with John Stedman of Lumberton as poster teen, on change and progress. The prize money totals 6125 plus local prizes.
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North Carolina Bankers Assn
Stuents
John Stedman
Lumberton
Aspet
Worth Carolina
Raleigh employment climbs with tobacco and chemical gains
North Carolina non agricultural jobs rose in September by 10 with tobacco stems and related plants showing strong gains. The Department of Labor reports total employment at 1 013 700 and highlights major increases in tobacco plants chemical plants retail trade and state government.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Department of Labor
Raleigh judge and solicitor sworn in at Umstead’s office
A special Superior Court judge and a solicitor of the Second Judicial District will be sworn in Friday in Gov. Umstead’s office. Governor Umstead named George M. Fountain of Shero to the Superior Court bench and Elbert S. Peel of Williston to replace Fountain as solicitor. The appointments were announced over the weekend.
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Sunior Court
Second Judicial District
Gov. Umstead
George M. Fountain
Shero
Superior Court
Elbert S. Peel
Williamston
Fountain
Recreation Conference in Durham Opens Ninth NC Session
More than 300 delegates attend the first day of the Ninth Annual North Carolina Recreation Conference in Durham. A panel on Professional Standards and Qualifications features Selwyn Orcutt Ralph Andrews and Ralph Johnson. A note on TV antenna polarization contrasts horizontal reception in the United States with vertical systems used abroad.
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Scheduld
Selwyn Orcutt
Parks and Recreation
Fayetteville
Ralph J. Andrews
Raleigh
State Recrea Commission
Ralph Johnson
Stone Textile
Gastonia
United States
Final plan in manhunt for Doyle Hart in Kentucky hills
Kentucky state police pursue Doyle Hart who vanished after the slaying of a mother of nine on Oct. 7. A massive 800 acre rugged area is scoured with leaflets, aircraft, and armed manpower as officers press a last plan to draw him out from caves and timber.
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Doyle Hart
Kentucky
Charles C. Oldham
Hart
Isnes
Carrie
Oma
Notable ABA speech at cornerstone of Chicago legal center
The talk urged forceful national policy at odds with law while anticipating an international rule of law. The ceremony marked the two million dollar American Bar Center near the University of Chicago, housing ABA headquarters and a national library. Jackson chairs the committee studying criminal justice reform for the new center.
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Iith
American Bar Center
University of Chicago
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American Bar Assa
Jackson
ABA
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