Market Steadies With Mixed Gains Across Industries
Early trading shows modest overall movement with gains in steels and motors while aircrafts rise then retreat. Major names like General Motors, Ford, U S Steel, Bethlehem Steel, and Boeing post fractional to notable moves as rails and chemicals drift. AP average climbs to 184.50 with mixed sector performance.
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New York
O Steels and Motors
Youngstown
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Republic
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft
Glenn L. Martin
Lockheed
North America Aviation
Royal Dutch
Gulf Oil
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Texas Co
Sinclair
Santa Fe
Dow
Union Carbide
du Pont
Allied Chemical
Associated Press
Dow Jones Averages and Market Figures Summary
The Dow Jones averages are listed with noon and 1 p.m. closes for Industrials at about 506.76, Rails near 159.62, Utilities around 68.72 and Stocks near 177.32. Trading volume reported at 810000, 1090000 and 1690000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bache & Co
Civil Defense Leader to Appoint Division Heads
Civil Defense Director Dick Meisky of High Point announced plans to appoint division heads as National Civil Defense Week Sept 9 15 emphasizes public participation and volunteer needs. He urged volunteers especially housewives and GOC tower volunteers as students return to school and mornings become manpower critical.
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Dick Meisky
Meisky
High Point
Ground Observer Corps
GOC
YMCA
Val Peterson
Federal
Civil Defense
America
Peterson
Bus Operator Cited After Collision Near Jamestown
State Highway Patrol reports 8 15 am collision on Greensboro Road at Scientific Street intersection. William Shaffer 25 of Tipton Street charged with following too closely after his Pilot Life Insurance Co bus rear ended a car driven by Dorothy Hines route 4 High Point causing total loss of a 1952 model. No injuries except a hospitalized pregnant woman from the bus.
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Pilot Life Insurance Co
Greensboro
Jamestown
State Highway Patrol
Scientific Street
William Shaffer
Tipton Street
Dorothy Hines
Route 4
High Point
Insurance Company
Disappearing Habits And Workplace Satisfaction
Individuals who gain satisfaction from work seldom suffer mood impact despite hardship. For many, hard work reduces time for simple pleasures and can lower spirits. Habits, both good and bad, sometimes fade without reason but typically require changes in life.
Happiness and tension in daily life
The piece links habits and anxiety to biological causes. It cites Dr. Martin Gumpert describing happiness as a state of mind from releasing tension and minimal ongoing conflict and effort.
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Uman
Martin Gumpert
Weekend Violence Steals 14 Lives Across North Carolina
The Associated Press reports at least 14 people died by violence in North Carolina over the weekend. Victims include Mayhew Mitchell in a highway plunge near Thomasville, Bardy W and Bardy Jerald Johnson struck near Angier, James Walker in a crash near Williamston, and several other deaths from shootings and accidents across Johnston, Ashe, Cumberland, Robeson, Wayne, and surrounding counties.
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North Carolina
Mayhew Mitchell
Lexington
Thomasville
Johnston County
Angier
Bardy W. Johnson
Bardy Jerald Johnson
Rt. 1
State Highway Patrol
William Jasper Smith
James Walker
Plymouth
Williamston
Dana Main
Tamarack
Watauga County
Pottertown
Ashe County
Bill Brown
Main
Oldest Circus The Circus Maximus Built in 329 B C Rome
The earliest known circus venue is the Circus Maximus in Rome, reportedly constructed in 329 B C to host ancient chariot races and public spectacles. This landmark predates later circus traditions and reflects early public entertainment in the Roman Empire.
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Rome
B. C
Weekend Thieves Ransack Swaim Manufacturing
City detectives report Swaim Manufacturing Co at 216 Wise St was ransacked during the weekend with 32.58 dollars in bills and change stolen. Entry was gained by breaking a window. Guilford Veneer Co on South Road also ransacked with a window opened but nothing missing.
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Swaim Manufacturing Co
Wise St
B. I. Hill
Guilford Veneer Co
South Road
High Point Sailor Listed As AWOL From USS Hornbill
Douglas R. Bozier, 19, of High Point, reported absent without leave by Charleston naval authorities. He entered service Feb. 18, 1955, and is listed as missing from the USS Hornbill. Bozier is described as brown eyed, brown haired, 120 pounds, 64 inches tall. father James Anderson Bozier resides at 127 Lane Dr. local authorities state.
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Douglas R. Bozier
High Point
Charleston
S. C
Bozier
Naval Service
Hornbill
Diamond Hosiery Mill
James Anderson Bozier
Lane Dr
Ninth District Road Hearings Scheduled for Sept 19
The ninth Highway District will hold a public hearing at 10 a.m. Sept. 19 at the Forsyth County courthouse in Winston-Salem on rural road work requests. Division commissioner James A. Gray said rural residents in the district including Davidson County may present their road needs.
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Thomasville
Forsyth County
Winston-Salem
James A. Gray
Davidson County
Middle Belt Tobacco Markets Open Across Nine Communities
The Middle Belt opens simultaneously in Aberdeen Carthage Durham Ellerbe Fuquay Varina Henderson Louisburg Oxford Sanford and Warrenton with Sept 4 start due to late crop Hedrick says. Output in 1955 averaged 52.35 per 170 million pounds and heavier belt quality suggests firmer prices as season progresses.
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Aberdeen
Carthage
Durham
Ellerbe
Fuquay- Varina
Henderson
Louisburg
Oxford
Sanford
Warrenton
Hedrick
Stabilization Corp
South Carolina
North Carolina
School Struggles Over Desegregation Stir Town Tense
In a 5 000 resident town, 500-strong mob blocks Negro students from class. National Guardsmen patrol as FBI investigates civil rights violations. State police deployed, martial law talk looms, mass meeting planned with Union County White Citizens Council lead and Nashville figure addressing concerns. Governor prepared martial law papers.
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FBI
Sturgis
Don Sturgill
Morganfield
Jerry Waller
Union County
White Citizens Council
Jack Kershaw
Nashville, Tenn
A. B. Chandler
Gen Williams
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Bache & Company
American Can Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
Adams-Millis Corp
American Tobacco Co
Bethlehem Steel
Burlington Mills Corp
Chrysler Corp
New York Central AA
Cone Mills Corp
Carolina Light & Power
DuPont de Nemours
Dow Chemical i
Eastern Airlines
Consolidated Edison
Eastman Kodak
Greyhound Corp
General Dynamics
General Electric
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
International Harvester
International Tel. & Tel
Standard Oil Co
Jones Laughlin Steel
Johns Manville
Loew's Inc
Phillips Petroleum
Pennsylvania Railway
Pepsi-Cola
Reynolds Tobacco
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
J. P. Stevens Co
American Tel. & Tel
the Texas Co
Union Carbide & Carbon
United Aircraft Corp
Westinghouse Electric Co
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
F. W. Woolworth Co
Dow-Jones
Siegler
Dea
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Rhonda Karen Williams
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Cumberland County
L. L. Guy
Henry Swillings
Neill Sibbett
Guy Said
Swillings
Sibbett
Hope Mills
Fayetteville
Paul Walker Lawson Jr
U. S. 158
Tarboro
Kenneth Ray Hull
Rt. 2
Whitakers
Bobby Gene Roberson
Harry Lee Tate
John Henderson
Alphonzo Taylor
Taylor
Andrew
Lawton Chavis
Harper’s Ferry
Robeson County
Lum River
Maxton
Ernest Davis
Enfield
Fred Washington
Swaim Manufacturing
Ninth District
Middle Belt Sales
W Air Lines
Atlanta
Chicago
Eastern
Consolidated Bus Lines
N. & S. Main
Eng
E. Gr
Emerywood
Madison Avenue Line
E. Green
Highland Mill
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English
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Montlieu
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S. Main
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