Auto industry braces for 1957 models and power surge
Industry insiders forecast major restyles for nearly all lines with Ford leading the parade as new models debut in October and sales records expected to exceed 1955. Chrysler and General Motors also plan late October to early November showings amid ongoing horsepower race. Labor Day boosts at Sylvania Electric raised hourly wages by 2 to 8 cents and 3 percent for salaried workers, with another increase coming Sept. 1. Local business notes include Peggy Anne Shop renovations, Henry York's new building on S. Main, Century Furniture expanding spaces in Hickory and Asheville, and Dragon Cement Co joining Ameri can-Marietta. Timber resource meetings in High Point, Asheville, and New Bern are announced for Sept. 25–27 with industry groups co-sponsoring.
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Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Chrysler
Detroit
Sylvania Electric Products
Henry York
S. Main
Blair Hill
York
High Point
YMCA
New Bern
SBA Conference Invites Carolinas Small Businesses to Charlotte
Small business owners from the Carolinas are invited to a Charlotte conference on Oct 1 conducted by the Small Business Administration and the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. Congressman Carl Durham notes officials from SBA and major agencies will explain how small firms qualify as suppliers and offer personalized consultations on procurement, production, marketing, and lending.
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Carolinas
Charlotte
Small Business Administration
SBA
Stock Market Up For Week On Suez News And AT&T Move
The Associated Press average rose to 184.30 as the week ended with gains across oils and airlines. Suez Canal talks at Cairo supported confidence despite profit taking and a late-week selloff, with Gulf Oil and Royal Dutch ahead and AT&T awaiting rights issuance at 100 dollars per 10 shares.
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New York
Associated Press
Suez Canal
Cairo
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
Menzies Mission
Middle East
Gulf Oil
Royal Dutch
Air Force
Douglas Aircraft
Lockheed
Temco Aircraft
Glenn L. Martin
Boein
Specialist In TV Joins Agency Here
William H. Dustin of Greensboro formerly with WFMY TV has joined Bennett Advertising Inc as manager of the Television and Radio Department. Dustin will be located in High Point and will also serve clients of the Charlotte and Raleigh offices. He has 15 years of experience in writing and producing TV and radio shows and their commercials and has station management and newspaper advertising experience. He served four years in the Army Quartermaster Corps in charge of training film production.
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William H. Dustin
Greensboro
Wfmy- TV
Bennett Advertising, Inc
Dustin
High Point
Charlotte
Raleigh
Quartermaster Corps of
Army
Technical Training Service
Bonds Lose Ground 2nd Week In Row
New York reports corporate and government bonds slipping for a second consecutive week amid scarce money and high rates. Treasuries rebounded slightly Friday but still traded below prior levels as credit tightens. Commercial paper surged rates by a quarter point in a third such rise in a month, with weekly bond activity totaling over 15 million dollars despite the Labor Day break.
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New York
Treasury
Associated Press
Clock on Third Avenue rings hours for bank near by
A clock outside a Manhattan bank on Third Avenue plays a tune at each half hour and on the hour. A nearby physician sued to stop the chimes claiming they disturbed him and others in the neighborhood.
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Manhattan
Third Avenue
Graphic Arts Meeting Set Here Sept 17
The Printing Industry of High Point will host a graphic arts dinner meeting and film program at the Sheraton Hotel on Sept 17 at 7 30 p m. The Interchemical Corporation IPI ink film explains ink uses and paper grades and mixing. An ink consultant will attend and a discussion follows. Dinner tickets cost 2 50 with Sept 12 deadline for reservations.
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High Point
Graphic Arts
Sheraton Hotel
Interchemical Corporation
IPI
Woman Arrested For 105th Time
Newark police report 70 year old Mrs Maggie Reilly arrested in a large department store on petty larceny charges. It is her 105th arrest for pickpocket and purse snatching since 1908. She has 44 aliases and has been jailed a third of her life.
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Newark
N.J
Maggie Reilly
Elderly Baltimore Man Mistakes Weather For Birthday
In Baltimore on John Street neighbors prepared a birthday for Walter Caruth Brown as he predicted it would be 95 degrees. The elderly man clarified he meant the weather not his age or birthday while an 87 year old man teased him. A girl delivered a hand painted ash tray and a chorus was readied, then Brown said it was not his birthday.
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Baltimore
Walter Caruth Brown
John Street
Public Housing Authority Notes Also $15 Million NC Bond Anticipation
Public Housing Authority notes and a $15,000,000 North Carolina bond anticipation issue are noted as key items. The report outlines financing steps for housing projects and upcoming debt instruments.
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Public Housing Authority
North Carolina
Dr George Heaton to Speak to Greensboro Industrialists
Nine local industrialists attend at the Greensboro Country Club September 18 to hear Dr George B Heaton minister of Myers Park Baptist Church Charlotte discuss human relations in business Heaton rated a top speaker by the US Chamber of Commerce Heaton recently spoke to 1000 delegates at the Southern Industrial Relations Conference in Asheville
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Bers
Greensboro
North Carolina
Society For the Advancement of Management
Greensboro Country Club
George B. Heaton
Myers Park Baptist Church
Charlotte
Ralph Gurley
Wes Collins
Earl Clark
Heritage Furniture, Inc
Jack Rochelle
Herman Bodenheimer
Globe Parlor Furniture Company
Reitzel Morgan
Jack Rives
H. T
Dan River Mills
Danville
Dr. Heaton
Parkersburg
W. Va
Denison University
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Georgetown
Religious kiva of Pueblo Indians centers New Mexico worship
The kiva serves as the core place for Pueblo religious life in New Mexico. It is typically an underground circular chamber with an altar and wall murals.
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New Mexico
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Century Furniture Co
Hickory
R. and E. Gordon Furniture Co
Asheville
Century
Longview
Gordon
Marietta
American-Marietta Co
Dragon Cement Co
Pennsylvania
Maine
Dragon
Lawrence Portland Cement Co
United States
By Joe Brown
Mann
S Main ST
Cone Mills
Delta Air Lines
Amer. Efird Com
Donnelly
R. R. & Sons
Drexel Furniture
Erwin Mills, Inc
Amer’ Mariette
America
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Guardian Consumers
Benefic
Benef Chal
Irving Trust Co
Caro, W.sale Florist
Ivey J B& A
Central
Jefson Ltd. Life
Chatham Mfco
Kelloco
Cherlist. Diesel Inc
Keystone Ptd. Ccent
Colonial Stra. Com
Kaiser Steel
Coton
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Neet Press
Colonaire
Ptd
Sila
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Missouri
Life Ins. Co
Life Ins
Lincoln Natl
Life
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Amer
Lone Star Stee
MacMill N Co
Marvin Casulty
Rattron
Carolina Tel & Tel
Occidental Life Ins
Ohio State Life
Oswego Falls Corp
Peninsular Life
Penn Controls
Penn Fruit Co
St Permutit Co
Piedmont & N. Rwy
Piedmon Piedmon Aviation
Postal Life Ins
Natural Gas “ ‘ Co. Nv
Potash Co
Svc. Co
XN. C. Sis
Pyramid Life Inc
J. N. Rawleiech Co
Heeves
Shield Bantam
Sec
Life & Tr. Co
SS Skyland
Sthern Plastics
Southeastern Factors
Southeastern Fun
Southlands
Sutton A
Eanpan Common
S Life Inc Co
Wachovia
Bk & Tr Western Carel Tnt West Point Miz Co
Zonolite Company A
Bonds
Lester
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George P. ClArk
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New England
Mita Lifes
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Lester's Jewelers
George Heaton
Heaton
Piedmont
Virginia
M. Rawleigh
Tm St
N.C
College ST
HGH Point Savings and Trust CO
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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