Stock market slips amid sluggish trading amid mixed earnings
New York stocks ease in light trading as many issues drift fractions lower or higher on company news and third quarter results. The Associated Press average fell while select names like Fedders Quigan Johns Manville and Eastman Kodak showed minor gains amid a broad lack of market leadership.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
Fedders
Quigan
Johns-Manville
Man Kodak
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
du Pont
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Royal Dutch
U.S
Steel
Youngstown
Ford
Sears Roebuck
International Harvesters
Caterpillar
American Telephone
Commonwealth Edison
Anaconda
American
Kennecot Copper
International Nickel
Chesapeake
Ohio
Associated Press
Cotton futures dip at New York open
Cotton futures opened 15 cents lower at New York market with prices around 1.65 a bale.
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New York
Christmas shopping trends lift high end goods across many markets
Merchants report a strong Christmas season with upgraded buying, as high priced cars, expensive homes, and dressier women’s wear sell well. Higher income buyers fuel dollar sales growth, while unit volumes rise slightly. The John Shedd Aquarium in Chicago is noted as a top U.S. aquarium.
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New York
Caess
Dow Jones Averages Mixed At Noon Amid Turnaround
The Dow Jones Averages report shows gains and declines across sectors with the Furished By Bache data indicating noon values. The index sits around the mid 480s while utilities and other groups show mixed movements and notable volume levels.
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Bache & Bas
Circus to Open in Garden at Madison Square Garden
Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey plan a 1957 season under a roof at Madison Square Garden starting April 3 in New York. After folding last summer the circus returned to Florida for winter quarters and will no longer perform under a canvas big top.
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New York
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Madison Square Garden
Florida
North
Stevenson Lashes Out At Nixon On Atomic Tests
Stevenson attacks Nixon over atomic testing while touring Michigan and Indiana. He urges world citizen action and cites UN commission work. In Lansing he criticizes Republican hard money policies as stifling home building and affordable goods, warning of hard times if GOP lines persist.
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Stevenson
United Nations Commission
Setvenson
GOP
Eisenhower
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Flint
Lansing
GOP Polisar
Carolinas Face Severe Storm With Heavy Rain and Flooding
A large storm originating near Cuba, not named and not tropical, brought gale winds and three foot tides to the Carolinas and Florida coast. Seas were extremely rough, heavy rains hit Fellsmere and Kissimmee, and floods forced about 200 residents from Kissimmee homes. Streets flooded up to 30 inches deep. a tunnel was cut to drain water.
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Miami Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Cuba
North Atlantic
Florida
Fellsmere
Kissimmee
St. Cloud
Taft
North Carolina localities win national car safety awards
Raleigh and Gastonia led a slate of national awards for outstanding voluntary motor vehicle safety check programs. Gastonia earned a national award among cities, while New Bern Craven County and Gates County received county level honors. Mecklenburg County Kernersville and Gastonia were cited for top state and local efforts.
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Raleigh
Gastonia
New
Bern
Craven County
Gates County
House of Representatives
Mecklensenburg
Kernersville
M. R. Darlington
Washington, D.C
Inter-Industry Highway Safety Committee
New Bern-Craven County
Mecklenburg
North Carolina
The
Inter-Industry High
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DuPont de Nemours
Dow Chemical
Eastern Airlines
Consolidated Edison
Kodak
G Corp
General Dynamics
General Electric
Gulf Oil
Steve Nee Eee
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Seer Eetenre
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Johns Manville Loew's Inc
Phillips Petroleum
Pennsylvania Railway
Pepsi Cola
Proctor & Gamble
Reynolds Tobacco
Republic Steel
Southern Railway
Ij. P. Stevens Co
American Tel. & Tel
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United Aircraft Corp
Westinghouse Electric Co
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Woolworth Co
Business Mirror
John Shedd Aquarium
Chicago
Oe Aquarium
United States
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Johns Manville
Logan Long
U.S. Gypsum
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Nixon
Carolinas
Cecil
CO. Main
Davis Patrol & Detective Agency
Cnoreurn’'N Cours
Jack S. Davis
Saini
PPR
Cher SS Srs
Ieden
Way Safety Committee
Look Magazine
National Safety Council
A. F
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Emergent Communication
B. Piner, JR
Robt
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High Point
Belk
Siegler
Waas Foors
Siegler Oil
Siegler Corp
Centralia
New Beautyrest Back Saving Foundation
Rose Furniture CO
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Er Brothers and Sons
Thomasville
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