Small firms gain edge as government contracts expand
The General Services Administration is publishing regular lists of needed items often restricted to small businesses. Items include electrical wire, binders, mimeograph paper, staples, wood furniture, plywood, cups, and shipping boxes along with services from carpentry to hauling. Ramseur Furniture Co invites Khrushchev to Moscow exhibit site to study American furniture pricing for workers, but his southern itinerary seems unlikely.
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General Services Administration
Chamber of Commerce
South
Nikita Khrushchev
Ramseur
Ramseur Furniture Co
Moscow
Nikita
Basic Furniture Styles Begins Upholstered Furniture Production
Basic Furniture Styles Inc has started producing upholstered living room furniture at 1518 English St with Maples and shackberry for frames. Dan Curran, ex Heritage Furniture and Erwin Lamberth Inc., is president and says upper-price line will be sold entirely east of the Mississippi.
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Basic Furniture Styles Inc
English St
Dan Curran
Heritage Furniture
Erwin Lambeth Inc
Thomasville
Basic
Mississippi
Security Quotations Guide for Sept 3 1959
A compilation notes quotations from Security Quotations Dealers Inc and other sources as a guide to approximate ranges of securities could have bids or asks at the time of compilation September 3 1959. Origin of quotations to be furnished on request.
Economic shifts seen as August holds mixed signals
The economy shows sagging store sales and lower July manufacturing outlays while August construction accelerates with 51 percent higher awards than a year ago. Industrial facility contracts total $1.9 billion, but overall awards lag July and last year. A spread of corporate moves announces new products and tech advances for 1960.
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Raymond Hoadley
Herald Tribune News Service
New York
Engineering News Record
New Interest in Government Bonds Draws Small Investors
Washington reports a surge of small investors into government bonds as yields rise. After the Treasury sold one year bills at 4.728 percent and offered 4% notes maturing in 1964 and 1965, buyers pulled funds from checking accounts and deposits to chase fixed returns.
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Washington
the Treasury
Department
United States
The
Treasury
Economy shows slight uptick in week index and varied sector moves
The Herald Tribune reports a small rise in the general business index to 156.0 for Aug 29 from 155.8 Aug 22, with 175.0 in Aug 30, 1958. Steel output nears 12.2 percent capacity at 345000 tons. electric energy output hits a record 14.109 billion kilowatt hours for week ended Aug 29, up 15 percent. July U S imports drop 9 percent from record, while wholesale food prices rise to 5.99 per pound led by sugar eggs and potatoes. beans peas and lamb fall.
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New York
Herald Tribune News Service
Dun & Bradstreet
Credit Demand Increasing Amid Prime Rate Rise
Walter Breede Jr. reports that despite a crippling steel strike, U S banks face high demand for credit as prime rates rise to 5 percent. Banks nationwide tighten lending while borrowers feel higher costs for mortgages and auto loans amid an inflation fight and growing loan demand.
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Norris
Bulla
James L. Bulla Jr
Hughes-Rankin Company
North Carolina
Hughes-Rankin
Hanes Chair Co
Mocksville
High
Factors
Percy I. Payne Jr
Southeastern Factors Corp
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High Point College
Wachovia Bank
Southern
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NAHM
National Association of Manufacturers
Harold Springer
Dunbar Furniture Corp
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NAFM
Jacksonville
Fla
Huntingburg
New York City
Chicago
Horace Wheat
Edgewood Ave
High Point
L. C. Chiles
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State Capital Life Insurance Trait Studio
Co. Security Bank
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Houston Corp. Et
Houston Oil Field
Inter Mtn. Tel
Interstate Life
Canada
J.B
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Jett Life
Kaiser Btee
Vabene Sueenee
Lenoir Financeingstone
Life & Ty
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Lone Star Bteel
Lucky Stores
MacMillan Co. A'S
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McLean Industries
Miles Labs., Inc
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Miles Ge
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Amer Comm
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Coeur Enene
Amer & Efird
Hatuneres Corp
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Fidelity Life Erewenenee
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Amer Hospital Supply
North Anse Eeewanee Cohasy i
Marietta Com Seeeeree
N.C. Nat'l Oes
Amer Marietta Pfd
Occidental
Ohio State Life
Knee
Penn Fruit Co
Duanens
Pfaudier-Permutit Billups
Eastern Petro Oonnee
Tiegmens
A“ Panther
P&n RR
Piedmont Nat’ Gas
Postal Life Ins. Co. Eeevee Ater O's Ms Provident Beryliu Pasweneeer
Republic Mat
P.&l
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Ryder System Shield Bantam
Spdee
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Sutton
Sai
Ceeneeereeee Textiles, Inc
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Thermo King
Hiener Renenen
Tidewater
Tidewa
Aal
Renene Towmotor Corp
Portland Gementea
Enee
Nat's Bank
Warhovia Bank
Pete
Alter
Onne
H. Kiig
West Point
Mutual Savings Bank
Sara Lee, Inc
Universal Match
Alsco, Inc
Ritter & Co
Monsanto Chemical
General Motors
Meinhard & Company, Inc
Fourth Ave
Percy Payne
Sunset
N. C
Investment Services
Charles Diffendal
Mr. Diffendal
Carolina Securities Cor
Midwest Stock Exchange Insurance
W. Roland Albertson
Life Insurance Com
Eddie Ridge
Massachusetts Murtual Life Insurance Company
Security Bank
Walter Breede JR
AP Business News
U.S
Rodgers Insurance Agency
N. Main St
E. C. Lane
Tom Jefferson Standard Life Insurance CO
Greensboro, N.C
Wachovia Bank & Trust CO
Wachovia
Pyramid Life Ins. Co
Mac Panel Co
4 May & CO. Investment Securities
Hich Point Savings and Trust
North Main
S. Main
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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