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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1958
Page
2
The Dow Jones Averages show the industrials at 90 and change, utilities around 820, and stocks near 10845 with volumes varying from 830,000 to 3,500,000. Reading reflects intraday values furnished by Bache & Co with premarket or early trading figures across sectors.
Stocks opened active with mixed moves then declined and turnover slowed. Major issues fell while some gains were erased in afternoon trading. Listed names include American Can, Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Dow, IBM not shown, Gulf Oil, Westinghouse, U S Steel and many others with varied fractions to gains.
TV schedule fragment lists Margie at 3 00 and 4 15 Secret Storm with Brighter Day and The Edge of Night on WBTV Charlotte Channel 3 4 00 4 15 timeslot details. It shows program sequence including Yours and Rascals amid NBC/CBS style lineup.
Green downtown trash cans in Oklahoma City are being repainted gray to prevent citizens from mistaking them for mail boxes. City officials said the change aims to improve curb appeal and reduce confusion in traffic.
Reader's Digest hosts two television experts who explain how to read gestures as clues to personality. The November issue features 34 more articles and suggests buying the copy at newsstands today.
Deputies report a case of false emergency calls made Tuesday night in High Point. Prentiss Wall, a former resident now in Thomasville, confessed to the hoax but no law covers non fire emergency vehicle dispatches. He was released after agreeing to reimburse the ambulance firms.
Edward N. Post of the High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce announced a community wide My True Security program replacing the Voice of Democracy contest. High school seniors graduate in 1959 are eligible. a community winner advances to the state finals with a Washington trip for the state winner and $500 to runners up. national ties offer a $1,000 scholarship and two $500 prizes.
The local draft board sent 11 men to Charlotte for induction into the armed forces. After being sworn in at Charlotte, they will begin basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina. Names include David Johnson Jr and Sammy Chess Jr among others. Seven more are slated for induction in November and 30 for physical examination.
Quotations were compiled at 11 a.m. today and supplied by J. Sturgis May & Company, Security Bank Building.
Governor Hodges discusses property tax study across 100 counties and forecasts possible tax increases to fund state services. He cautions inflation could alter outcomes and notes potential delays on expanding justice of the peace jurisdiction. Hodges weighs foreign aid supports and waste, aligning with both Durham and Jordan on aid benefits and inefficiencies.
A 15 year old admitted stealing a $21.95 watch from J C Penney and was turned over to juvenile officers. He returned the watch when questioned. Tradeway Motors reported hubcap and windshield wipers stolen from autos on the used car lot at S Hamilton and E Green. H T Wade cited to court November 14 on an assault complaint by Sue Gentry.
Thomasville residents hear about a Halloween Carnival at the Civic Center for children from 7 to 10 p.m. on October 31. Senior Citizens and the Recreation Department sponsor the event with no admission, though small booth fees will apply for activities.
Charles Hamilton aged 37, who pushed a large sandwich sign through downtown Detroit in search of work, will operate a drilling machine at a machine shop. He received 18 job offers including one from a Ford Motor Co plant after his sign read First Class All-Around Man Want Job.
Arthur Ernest Risley filed a complaint in Denver District Court requesting a divorce from his wife Alice and restitution of the family television set. The filing outlines two reliefs in a single case.
Thomasville Police Chief P M Shore announced the appointment of Larry A Murdock to the Police Department staff. Murdock, 21, will join on Nov 1 and replaces Patrolman Elden Siers who left Aug 31. The force totals 26 officers with plans to add another after Jan 1.
Grapevine reports this morning that Bassett Furniture of Virginia secretly plots to topple Thomasville's claim to the largest Duncan Phyfe chair. Rumor says Bassett plans a bigger chair to dwarf the 18 foot landmark and place it at a Washington retail store.
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