Stock Market Mixed After Irregular Midday Trading
The New York market opened higher but turned mixed by midday with chemicals down and rails up slightly. Major issues fluctuated within a point, with a few gaining 2 to 3 points. Volume about 2.2 million shares, compared with 2.1 million Friday, as Penn Dixie and Lone Star Cement rose 2 points on higher home building contract reports.
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New York
American Dynamoid
Union Carbide
du Pont
Texas Co
Gulf Oil Bethlehem
Gulf
Caterpillar
Goodrich
Chance Vought
International Paper
Hiram Walker
Penn Dixie
Lone Star Cement
Dow Jones Averages Summary From Market Report
The report lists Dow Jones averages with figures for the close and month values. It includes numbers such as 498.76 500.32 and volume readings like 830,000 1,120,000 2,110,000, indicating fluctuating stock activity and market movement.
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Bache & Coy Prev
Eae
Mos
Pebees Aggune
Ciiities Wewe
Clay School Integration Dispute Reignites National Guard Issue
A civil suit seeks an injunction to stop the Clay school board and County School Supt Wilbur Collins from barring James Gordon Theresa Gordon and Robbie Copeland from attending Clay school. Governor Chandler and aides discuss guard removal with Mayor Herman Z Clark amid ongoing integration controversy. State Attorney General Ferguson had earlier held that Negro students were illegally attending classes at Clay without an announced integration program.
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Wilbur Collins
James
Theresa Gordon
Robbie Copeland
Clay
Crumlin
Williams
A. B. Chandler
Chandler
Herman Z. Clark
Clark
Jo M. Ferguson
Ferguson
Sinking Sinks Two as Pelagia Founders in Arctic Seas
Survivors from the Pelagia describe a doomed voyage from Narvik to Baltimore aboard a World War II Liberty ship loaded with ore. Captain John Matandos and crew faced tremendous seas that flooded holds and shattered lifeboats. Lopez died in a leaking lifeboat after a desperate rescue effort. The six others endured a night of freezing, exhausting toil to keep water out before drifting away from the ship.
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Lopez
Demetrius M. Hadjicostas
Syros
Greece
Pedro Pileta ‘Rodriguez
Baltimore
Lawrence Redigs
Central City
Colo
James Arnold
Andreas Alexandro Rou Orphanos
Piraeus
Narvik
John Matandos
Houston
Tex
Hadjicostas
Jicostas
Chicken dinner turns near tragedy for Pittsburgh man and mother
In Pittsburgh John Giancola 54 fried chicken using grease mixed with mouse poison by his wife. His mother 89 and he were rushed to hospitals after exposure. They received antidotes and were discharged after quick recovery.
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Pittsburgh
John Giancola
Giancola
Science Reveals New Hemorrhoid Treatment Without Surgery
New York reports a healing substance named Bio-Dyne leads to shrinkage and pain relief for hemorrhoids without surgery. Patients show actual reduction and declare piles no longer a problem with Preparation H in suppository or ointment form available through druggists with money back guarantee.
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New York, N. Y
Speelsl
Do It Yourself Concept Spreads Through Industry
Business leaders adopt erector set style methods to build and reconfigure facilities and products. Off the shelf metal exterior walls and movable partitions speed expansion. Plug-in wiring and expandable steel shelving enable rapid reorganization and automation across factories and offices.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Tatate
West Point to Villanova Faculty Move Cited in Study
A 1953 study cited by psychologist McGurk finds high socio economic Negro groups score far below whites of similar status. Among excellent Negro backgrounds only 18 percent reach the average white score, highlighting ongoing racial achievement gaps in education.
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U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Villanova
McGurk
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Associated Press
Bache & Company
American Can Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
Phillips Petroleum
Eastern Airlines
Pennsylvania Railway
Consolidated Edison
Pepsi-Cola
Eastman Kodak
Procter & Gamble
Greyhound Corp
General Dynamics
Reynolds Tobacco
General Electric
Sears Roebuck Republic Steel
General Motors
J. P. Stevens Co
American Tel. & Tel
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Dow-Jones
Orphanos
Harstad
Pelagia
E. Green ST
N. Wrenn
E. Main ST
Thomasville
Maxwell
Chevrolet
MAX House Coffe Ag
Maxwell House
Big Bear
Aaa
Adam
Arden Farms
Franks
California
Business Mirror
Cecil
S. Main ST
Davis Patrol & Detective Agency
Jack S
Davis
Siegler
Bargain Furniture CO
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