Stock market rally leads steel and rail gains in midday trading
New York stocks rise sharply with steels and rails ahead by 1 to 2 points as optimism grows over a union dispute resolution and a potential Pennsylvania Railroad dividend. The Dow peers up, with US Steel and Bethlehem Steel among gains, while variety sectors advance and bonds improve modestly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Steels and Rails
Acre
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bethlehem
Republic
Baltimore & Ohio
Atlantic Coast Line
Associated Press
U.S
An Can Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Tobacco Co
the Borden Co
Bethlehem Steel Ore Mills
Oyster Corp
New York Central
Ai Cone Mills Corp
Douglas Aircraft DePont de Nemours
Dow Chemical
Eastern Airlines
Consolidated Edison Eastman Kodak
Greyhound Corp
General Dynamics
General Electric
Gulf Oil
Standard Oil Co
Jones Laughlin Steel Johns Manville Loew's Inc
Norfolk & Western Rwy
Phillips Petroleum
Pennsylvania Railway
Pepsi-Cola
Procter & Gambie Reynolds Tobacco
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Southern Rwv
J. P. Stevens Co
American Tel
Tel
the Texas Co
Union Carbide & Cabon
United Aircraft Corp
Westinghouse Electric Co
U.S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
F. W. Woolworth Co
Fire Damage Averted By Firemen
The High Point Fire Department answered two calls yesterday and prevented property damage in both incidents. At Marsh Furniture Co. sawdust ignited by a flash caused a 2:01 a.m. alarm until flames were extinguished. A medical center call followed at 9:56 a.m. when leaves on a bulldozer motor mixed with leaking gasoline and caught fire but chemical spray saved the vehicle.
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High Point
Marsh Furniture Co
Mangum Avenue
Medical Center
Quaker Lane
Neuberger Seeks More Cancer Research Funding
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger is honored as the 1960 Man of Hope by City of Hope for his push to increase federal cancer research spending. He notes about 150 million dollars yearly goes to cancer search vs nine billion spent annually on liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United States
Richard L. Neuberger
D-Ore
Neuberger
City of Hope
Jis
Ike Mulls Over HST Invitation
Ike Eisenhower weighs a possible invitation from Harry S. Truman amid frosty relations. The article notes the joint chiefs plan to return to Washington, no clear link to Eisenhower's travel, and that Truman has not been engaged in recent talks.
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Ike
Hawks
Joint Chiefs
Washington
Eisenhower
Europe
Asia
Africa
Paris
Dodd
Truman
White House
Winston Churchill
Britain
George C. Marshall
Youth Flees Court During Recess in Lexington
A 19 year old High Point youth Harold David Land fled Superior Court in Lexington during a 15 minute recess as officers left to jail six drunks. Land, last living on English Street, faced two counts of auto theft from Thomasville last month and remains at large with no leads.
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High Point
Lexington
Harold David Land
English Street
Land
Thomasville
Archdale 4-H Members Receive Project Books At Meeting
Archdale 4-H club members received their project books during a regular meeting titled Your Personality. Randolph assistant county agent Freeman presented slides on farm and home safety.
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Archdale 4-H Club
Randolph
Freeman
Petty Cash Thefts and Local Assaults Reported
A plant credit man said a metal petty cash box containing 160 dollars was stolen from his unlocked desk at the Iee Plate Glass Co on Hamilton Street. Police also logged minor thefts and several assault and battery arrests including Miles Junior King Luke Little and Curtis Leonard with varying bond amounts. Additional warrants accuse Clarence E. Kiziah of issuing worthless checks and Morton E. Rabban of obtaining cotton batting with a bad check. Norman D. Cecil faced malicious damage charges for breaking a rear car window.
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Roscoe W. Lowers
Iee Plate Glass Co
Hamilton Street
Lowers
Alyca Gardner
Montlieu Avenue
Miles Junior King
Green Street
Luke Little
Leonard Street
Curtis Leonard
Hoover Street
Leonard
King
Little
Clarence E. Kiziah
Friddie Street
Rex Poolroom
Kiziah
Morton E. Rabban
Prospect Street
Edward Lindsay
Thomasville Fiber Co
Rabban
Norman D. Cecil
Montsinger Street
Cecil
Carol Coble
Burlington
Cranberry contamination prompts government seizure and testing
The government acts to seize a fifth batch of contaminated berries from Washington State as testing continues on the 1959 crop. Agencies sample berries across major distributors, destroy or impound any with Aminotriazole residues, and push for continued research to ensure a wholesome supply before Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Food and Drug Administration
George C.P. Olsson
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc
Washington State
Oregon
Wisconsin
Washington
Family Traveled World Trip Then Sold Belongings
The Emery family sold almost all possessions raising about $7,000 for a 20 day freighter voyage starting July 14 visiting Honolulu Fiji Islands and Australia then five weeks in Sydney. A 43 day voyage by liner took them from Australia to Ceylon India Arabia Suez Canal the Mediterranean to Southern France Gibraltar and London. They plan another trip to the Orient and Africa.
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Honolulu
Fiji Islands
Australia
Sydney
Ceylon
India
Arabia
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
France
Gibraltar
London
Emerys
Convicts Go On Trial In Maiming
Seven inmates from Ivy Bluff Prison Camp faced trial in Caswell Superior Court for allegedly injuring themselves to dodge work. Five pleaded nolo contendere, two including William Hunter and Luther Honeycutt admitted to self harm, with details of heel tendon injuries and wire tools cited by guards and a doctor.
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Yanceyville
N.C
Ivy Bluff Rrison
Caswell Superior Court
Cleveland McNeil
Fuquay Springs
William T. Hunter
Raleigh
George B. Shoupe
Ivy Bluff
Hunter
Shoupe
T. L. Gwynn Jr
Luther H. Honeycutt
Wadesboro
Honeycutt
Nefroes
Yale and Harvard Withdraw From National Defense Act Loan Plan
Yale and Harvard announced intent to withdraw from the National Defense Act of 1958 loan program citing the affidavit requirement as oppressive. GrInstead. Griswold and Pusey criticized the oath of support for the U S Constitution as discriminatory and likened it to religious and political tests. Texas leads in rural roads while Rhode Island has the fewest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grin‘well
Town
St John’s
Goucher
Maryland
Antioch
Wilmington
Oberlin
Ohio
Bennington
Vermont
Reed
Oregon
Sarah Lawrence
New York
Criti
Cambridge
Lawrence G. Derthick
U.S
Education
Griswold
Pusey
Texas
United States
Rhode Island
Mural Project Underway At Truman Library In Independence
Artist Thomas Hart Benton begun a $60,000 mural for the Truman Library. President Harry S. Truman watched as Benton outlined a 20 by 32 foot work depicting 1815 to 1850 events marking Independence as the Oregon and Santa Fe trails’ starting point. Benton estimates two years to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Thomas Hart Benton
Truman Library
Harry S. Truman
Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Trust Fund
Oregon
Santa Fe
Benton
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Bache & Co
Dow-Jones
A.m
Santen Ineli
Culler's
Petty Cash Box
Berry
Geneva
SEARS
Roebuck and CO
Weathertron
Orncnar
Trecraic
N. Main St
North Main ST
Aluminum
Homart Rock
Homart
N. Main S&t
Yale
Harvard
Rogers
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