Insurance Agents Angry Over Fire Fund Law Worries
Local insurance salesmen rally against a 1957 law directing a percentage of fire insurance premiums to a state firemen's pension fund. They warn of general taxation for a single group, dispute collection details, and note lawmakers faced insurance lobby pressure. The day includes remodeling news and public relations shifts. Farmers Day slated for Sept 28 aims to boost farm merchant ties.
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High Point
Prices Vary On Eastern and Border Belts
Eastern Belt shows steady averages around 53.46 cents per hundredweight with 45,289,157 pounds sold. Border Belt falls about 70 cents from the prior week, with 45,988,129 pounds traded and weaker demand. Middle Belt on opening two days posts 54.40 per hundredweight on 6,321,656 pounds, higher than last year’s opening period.
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Border Belt
Federal State Market News Service
Stabilization Corporation
Stablization Corporation
South Carolina
Iroquois Lacrosse Origin Shaping American Sport
The encyclopedia Britannica notes lacrosse as America's oldest organized sport. It traces the game to Iroquois predecessors long before Columbus's 1492 voyage.
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America
Defense work approved by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower signed a bill authorizing Army Navy and Air Force defense projects with a price tag of 1 232 495 million though appropriations follow separately. The measure allocates 293 million to the Army 374 million to the Navy and 602 million to the Air Force with most work in the United States and substantial sums for projects abroad and classified work. Carolina projects total over 39 million including Fort Bragg Cherry Point Hertford Harvey Point New River Camp Lejeune Seymour Johnson Charleston and Shaw AFB plus Parris Island Donaldson Myrtle Beach and more.
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Cherry Point Marine Air Station
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Jacksonville
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Camp Lejeune Marine Base
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
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Belmont appoints Frank Carpenter as police chief
Captain Frank Carpenter, an 11 year Belmont police veteran, was selected by the City Council to succeed the late Giles Hoover. The 45 year old will lead a 10 man force after serving as patrolman sergeant and captain in succession.
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Patrick Moore Named Sales Rep for Tomlinson Firm
Patrick Moore appointed sales representative for Furniture by Tomlinson. Sidney H. Tomlinson Jr. announced the selection, with Moore to head a territory covering Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and Arkansas. He will assume duties around September 1 from Dallas headquarters after training at the High Point factory. Moore, from Missouri, previously worked with Bigelow Sanford Carpet Co on the West Coast and served as Dallas district manager.
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Sanford Carpet Co
Bond Trades Are Light During Week
New York reports a light week in government bonds with only narrow gains and declines. Treasuries remained mixed as a rally appeared technical and not a true turning point while corporates eased before finishing about even. Convertibles rose slightly and rails slipped. foreign liens held steady.
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New York
Treasury
Grains end week mixed amid lighter volume on Board of Trade
Grains showed erratic price patterns this week with most futures trading in a narrow range and closing lower than a week ago. First notices to deliver nearby September contracts appeared, led by corn with near three million bushels tendered, followed by wheat 1.6 million, oats 465 000, rye 95 000.
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Board of Trade
Home buyers urged as protection against inflation
High Point realty leader Malcolm G Moore argues buying a home can guard against inflation and build savings. He says amortized mortgages offer owner equity and fixed payments while property values rise with price levels, urging buyers to seek expert Realtor advice.
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High Point Board of Realtors
High Point
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Defense Outlook Pushes Stock Market Upward
Hopes of greater defense spending lift stocks for the first rise in six weeks. Russia’s missile test and hard line on disarmament boosted Wall Street's belief in continued defense buildup, lifting aircraft and missile stocks and many others. The AP average rose to 175.70 as more issues advanced.
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Associated Press
Paratrooper Fatally Injured In Car Crash Near Fayetteville
26 year old 82nd Airborne Division soldier S Sgt Steffey of Fort Bragg died after his car spun out on Maxwell Road 11 miles east of Fayetteville. He was thrown 115 feet and apparently died from head injuries. No inquest planned. Steffey is from Bostic North Carolina.
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82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
Here
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Spain Suppled Nearly Three Quarters of US Olive Oil Imports
The report notes that almost 75 percent of the olive oil imported into the United States this year originated in Spain. It highlights Spain as the dominant supplier and implies diversification of sources remains limited.
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Spain
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