Retailers expect higher Christmas business this year
More than half of 268 retailers in 110 markets foresee a 7.5 percent rise in Christmas volume over 1959, while 30 percent expect similar sales to last year and 13 percent anticipate a 10 percent drop. Profits are seen as tight with 39.7 percent predicting up to 5 percent gains and 32.5 percent expecting about a 5 percent decline.
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Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
F.W. Dodge Corp
New York Stock Exchange
Boston
du Pont Homsey & Co
Anton Homsey
Nieman Marcus Department Store
Dallas
New VP Named for Phillips-Foscue Corp in New Orleans
Thomas R. Weymouth of New Orleans elected vice president and general manager of Phillips-Foscue Corp a polyether foam producer. Weymouth a Yale Sheffield graduate and WWII Air Force veteran will relocate with his family to High Point after serving as a Colonel in the Pentagon mobilization assignment. He previously led Coral Drilling Co Fort Worth and held posts at Mathieson Chemical and Welex Inc. He belongs to New Orleans Chamber of Commerce American Petroleum Institute Fort Worth Rotary Club and other bodies.
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Thomas R. Weymouth
New Orleans
Phillips - Foscue Corp
Earl N. Phillips
Phillips - Foscue
Hickory
Tupelo
Mississippi
Weymouth
Yale University
Sheffield Scientific School
Air Force
Pentagon
Coral Drilling Co
Fort Worth
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Mathieson Chemical Co
Welex, Inc
New Orleans Chamber of Commerce
The
American Petroleum
Young Negroes Rampage Disturbs North Memphis Night
In Memphis Tennessee a gang of youths used shotguns clubs and bricks to terrorize a mixed North Memphis neighborhood late Friday night. Police dispatched riot squads and patrols. five youths were taken to Juvenile Court for questioning.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Economy Waits On Voting Seesaw Signals Mixed Outlook
A broad briefing on business sentiment shows stock markets rally on new spending plans while warning flags appear from economists. GM plans 1.25 billion dollars in 1961 for U S and overseas plants with U S outlay near 1 billion.
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New York
General Motors
Frederic G. Donner
U.S
Wall Street Journal Trial Offer Gives Financial Guidance
An advertisement portrays a reader breaking even on a $9 000 yearly income by using tips from The Wall Street Journal. It touts the paper as essential for salary earners, small business owners, and ambitious young professionals. Trial subscription details: $7 for three months, $24 yearly, mail or billing options.
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Wall Street Journal
The
Broad Street
New York
HPE
Realtors Attend 53rd NAB Convention in Dallas
Five members of the High Point Board of Realtors will attend the National Association of Real Estate Boards convention in Dallas November 11 to 17. Jack Green announces plans. attendees include Alton Stanford Jim Marley Ed Mendenhall Bill Hylton and Green. Topics include land use taxes and syndication as well as forest fire related timber and housing development.
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High Point Board of Realtors
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Dallas
Tex
Jack Green
Idol- Green Realtors
Board of Realtors
Alton Stanford
Jim Marley
Smithdeal Realtors
Ed Mendenhall
Mendenhall - Moore
Bill Hylton
Bill Hylton Inc
Green
Tion
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CPA
John F. Watlington Jr
Wachovia Bank and Trust, Co
Piedmont Chapter
Certified Public Accountants
Sedgefield Country Club
E. H. Cannon
Winston-Salem
Piedmont
Claude Phillips
Greensboro
Winston- Salem
High Point
Burlington
H. Vernon Hayes
Marspring Corp
Norty LeVine
Marspring
Hayes
Kay Manufacturing Corp
John E. Kimble Jr
Liberty Life Insurance Co
Herman N. Hipp
Fieldale
Kimble
Liberty Life
E. D. Upchurch
Colonial Stores
Colonial
Raleigh
C. M. Tuttle
Upchurch
First Baptist Church
College Village
J. Ernest Paschall
Wilson
Walter A. Short
Guilford County
Short
Bank of Greensboro
Paschall
North Carolina Bankers Assn
North Carolina
NCBA
Central North Carolina
American Chemical Society
Wake Forest College
Joseph J. Katz
By Joe Brown
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Home Finance Group
No 1 Home Insurance Co
Houston Corp. Saeeeeenee
Tional Association of Securities Interstate L&aseenee
Dealers, Inc
Inv
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Canada
Kentucky Central
Maxson, W.L. Corp
Allvac Metals
McLean Industries
American Marietta
National Life A& Accident
Arnold Btone Co
Old Line Life Ins
Atlanta Gas Light
Nationwide Corp
Tt Furniture
New Hampshire Bal
Bayless
A. Sneer
N.C. National Bank
Bevis Shell Homes Eeeneee
N.C. Natural Gas
Eastern Petro
C. Telephone Co
Blue Bell, Inc
North American Life
Bowater Paper
Occidental
Ohio State
C.M.C. Finance
Ls Cannon Mills
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Carolina Casualty Ins
Pflaudier-Permutit Peninsular Life
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Century Food Market
Sia Rawleigh
Chatham
Rose's
Coastal Plain Life Ib
Rowe Furniture
Bantam
Ener
Pia
Scott Mattson
Y Colonial
Searie, G.D. & Co
Lgveveeee
Commonwealth
Delhi
State N & Finance
Donnelly, RR. & Sons Company
Aseae
Sterling Inc
Stevens
Drexel Furniture
Stevens Pia Vipeoeveessenss Sos
Util. Ass. Cesseree
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Tampax Etncoes
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Telechrome Mic Oon
Edgecombe Aeentereee
Texas Eastern Trans
Ronic Accts
Texize Chemine
Easonde Sees Veeee Textiles, Inc
Corp
Travaler’s Insurance
Santina J Coens
Idky al En
U.S. Chemical Milling Ieee
Wachovia Bank
Ve Griges Equipment i
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BB. Shoeee
Wright Homes
Ereenere
Thomas Weymouth
New England
Mallifes
Professional Life Insurance Service
Main St
George P. Clark
Tional City Bank of New York
Treasury
United States
Lion
London
Hers
Hertz Corp
General Dynamics Corp
E. O. Lane
Repro Jefferson
R. Delbert Kirkman
Bob Mays
Ralph C. Davis
George D. Davis
C.L.U Surveys
W. Roland Albertson
Life Insurance Com
Eddie Ridge
Meinhard & Company, Inc
Fourth Ave
MR. Owens
Dick Owens
Owens
J. Sturgis May & CO
Nat'l. Bank Bldg
High Point, N. C
High Point Histo Records
North Carolina Natural Gas Co
Forbes Magazine
Virgin Territory
North Carolina Natural Gas Company
Fayetteville
Kinston
Lumberton
Wilmington
Monroe
Wadesboro
Laurinburg
Fort Bragg
N. Car
Bank Bldg
Wyatt Armfield
Jarrell
Wright Clothing
High Point Savings and Trust
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
High Point Savings and Trust Co
N. Main
S. Main
High Point Savings & Trust
College
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