Stock Market Ed Morse Reports Heavy Trading On Election Day
Trading volume surged with 1.8 million shares changing hands in the first hour while a Federal Reserve margin rule requiring 70 percent cash dampened activity on the exchange closed for election day. Major movers fell with IBM, Polaroid, Xerox, Sears Roebuck, AT&T, and Merck all down. rails weaker, sugar futures rose slightly, and bond prices slipped as the market overall declined.
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Berlin Autobahn Blockade and Army Maneuvers Readied
On a foggy night a U.S. convoy moved from West Germany to West Berlin as 56 more soldiers joined the force. The Soviets ended the blockade after a brief standoff, prompting Allied officials to resume a Berlin exercise with over 5,000 American troops to test city defenses. The event sparked varied theories about Soviet aims and negotiations, while U.S. stock activity and political race notes followed elsewhere.
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Still Man's World Thanks To Women Still Man's World Thanks To Women
In Sulphur Rock Arkansas the women led a political shift as the women party fields candidates for mayor treasurer recorder and four alderman posts. Ruth Ford won an alderman post after a man was disqualified on a technicality. Varna Travis, organizer of the women’s party and defeated mayoral candidate, lamented opposition from women. Curtis Gilbert won mayor 64 votes to 34 with 113 qualified voters. The race followed a September fill time when no one filed for office, prompting women to run.
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Reds accuse Soviets of softness toward the West
U S Ambassador Kohler flew back to Moscow after a holiday in Britain as Soviet backdown loomed. He said things look brighter and Washington officials reported no concessions to free the convoy. Kennedy was briefed before the convoy’s release amid talks with Rusk McNamara and Lemay. Officials warned the blockade carried risk of a serious situation.
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Lay Minister Convicted of Contempt in Greensboro
In Guilford County Superior Court Rev Billy Hamlet of Caswell County faced contempt charges for praying with witnesses in an incest case. The Rev Hamlet conducted the library prayer aimed at acquittal for Dewey Clifton Wilson Sr. of Yanceyville. Judge James F Latham called the prayer inflammatory and intended to intimidate state witnesses.
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Yanceyville
James F. Latham
Reuther Calls Voters to Back Labor in 1964 Elections
Walter P. Reuther urged millions of workers to vote against an anti-labor right wing surge in Congress at AFL CIO IUD convention. He cited a GOP conservative coalition, urged wage rises, shorter workweeks, longer vacations, and warned of job losses if labor protections fall. The appeal targets 28 million workers and links to watergate era unions and political stance.
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Berea College Alumni Club Meets in High Point
Cotton futures opened higher by 25 to 85 cents per bale. The Central North Carolina Berea College Alumni Club meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at First Methodist Church in High Point. Douglas Massey, alumni secretary, and Dr. Waldemar Noll of Berea and Wake Forest College will participate. Officers include Fletcher Andrews of Lexington, president, and Esther Spence Phillips of Troy, secretary.
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Troy
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