Stock Market Gains Amid Columbus Day Holiday Slowdown
Leading issues rose while the first hour volume hit the year's high for a holiday week. Banks and many business houses were closed. U.S. Steel Bethlehem and Youngstown Sheet advanced, with Magma and International Nickel up on copper price signals. Boeing led aircrafts. Du Pont rose sharply in a mixed chemical sector. airlines unchanged to lower as bonds traded little.
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US. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet
Magma
International Nickel
Anaconda
Kennecott
Phelps Dodge
Boeing
Douglas
du Pont
Allied Chemical
Eastman Kodak
U.S
Bache & Co
American Can Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Tobacco Co
Bethlehem Steel
Burlington Mills
Chrysler Corp
New York Central RR
Cone Mills Corp
Carolina Light & Power
Fragmented Complaint About Harassment Causes Distress
A reader reports ongoing annoyance and discomfort from what appears to be stray harassment. The message requests relief and notes frustration with a lack of clear resolution.
Dow Jones Averages and Trading Volumes
The Dow Jones averages list the Prev 12 noon and 1 pm figures with closing values. Industrials show 366.33 6465.95 543.36, Stocks 186.37 188.31 187.56, volume figures 1,000,000 1,730,000 4,610,000 as reported by Bache & Co.
Briton Held In Suspected Secrets Leak
The Air Ministry did not name the suspect and Brown was arrested after checks on reports that Woomera secrets reached a Soviet contact. Woomera hosts Britain first space rocket Black Knight launched five weeks earlier. Edinburgh Field serves as the secret airstrip for supply runs to Woomera.
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Ustralia
Air Ministry
Brown
Woomera
Soviet
Britain
Edinburgh Field
Small U S Automobile Push Signals Market Shift
In New York AP reports American Motors Rambler, Studebaker-Packard Lark, and Fore add compact intermediate cars to lure buyers seeking space without Detroit’s bulk. Executives say consumers want function and value over frills as foreign models gain traction. Studebaker projects strong Lark orders amid a midyear loss. The Big Three monitor the trend.
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New York
America
Detroit
American Motors
Studebaker-Packard
Studebaker
Fore
George Romney
Harold E. Churchill
Churchill
Churchhill
Eisenhower Loans Support To New York Republicans
President Eisenhower visited New York City to back GOP candidates including Governor hopeful Nelson Rockefeller and Senate aspirant Keating. He spent hours greeting state party figures and balancing political appearances with public ceremonies.
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New York
Eisenhower
New York City
Harriman
U.S
New York State
Nel
Rockefeller
Keating
LaGuardia Field
Electronic prober shown to test blind traits at conference
Asheville AP report describes an electronic device called an automatic best administrator that probes personality traits in the blind. It reads questions aloud and records answers, storing a permanent research record. Dr. William Cannon of Raleigh unveiled the North Carolina developed tool at the National Rehabilitation Conference with about 1,800 delegates attending.
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Asheville
N.C
William Cannon
Raleigh
North Carolina Commission For the Blind
Cannon
North Carolina
Private Classes Open as City Battles Public Schools
In Little Rock, private classes begin with about 60 students at Westover Hills and Second Baptist churches as public schools face continued disruption. Gov Faubus had shut the city’s high schools, and the plan for an all white private school system remains unsettled while rural districts take in 71 more local students. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St Louis weighs the leased school option amid ongoing segregation questions.
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Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock
Westover Hills Church
Second Baptist Church
Orval E. Faubus
US 8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Quebec Founded by Champlain in 1608
French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec in 1608 on behalf of King Henry IV of France, establishing a key site for New France. The venture marked a turning point in early North American colonization.
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Quebec
Samuel de Champlain
Henry IV
France
Moon Rocket Reaches High Speed on Lunar Probe Flight
Reports from Moscow quote U S officials briefed on the Pioneer lunar probe progress with Eisenhower hailing the feat as a major step for mankind. General Schriever said manned space travel is plausible soon and an orbit around the moon can be achieved in the not distant future. The Air Force planned three lunar probes after Pioneer failed to reach its objective.
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Neer
Moscow
United States
Eisenhower
Schriever
Air Force
Cane Canaveral
Pioneer
Louis G. Dunn
The
Space Technological Laboratories
O. J. Rutland
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Pontifical Rites Bless Pope's Coffin in St Peters Basilica
Cardinal Tedeschini led rites to bless the papal coffin as three coffins were anointed with incense and red shrouds were laid over the body. Francis Cardinal Spellman and other senior churchmen knelt in prayer as Latin prayers were spoken for eternal rest.
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Cardinal Tedeschini
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Prn
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Columbus's Ship Santa Maria Compared to Queen Elizabeth Lengths
The Santa Maria measured 80 feet in length while today's deluxe liner Queen Elizabeth spans 1,031 feet, highlighting the vast difference in ship sizes.
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Columbus
India plans revised test ban proposal at UN
India with Asian African co sponsors to submit a revised resolution calling for immediate discontinuance of nuclear tests. Iraq’s Hashim Jawad says discontinuance may win Soviet bloc acceptance while the U.S. and 16 others back a rival resolution urging a broader pause during Geneva talks. The Political Committee also reviews a Soviet budget cut proposal and UNRWA funding needs include 25.7 million for relief and 7.2 million for rehabilitation.
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India
U.N. General Assembly
Arthur S. Lall
Hashim Jawad
Iraq
Soviet Bloc
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Geneva
Lall
Middle
Far East
Jawad
Assembly
Northwest Mutual promotes long term college payment plan
A brief notice touts a 10 to 15 year college payment option from Northwestern Mutual. The ad lists a box number and contact details in High Point, North Carolina.
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Northwestern Mutual
High Point
N. C
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