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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1957
Page
13
Stocks finished higher overall with the Dow Jones average edging up while rails and industrials showed uneven gains. Traders noted profit-taking and carryover from a midweek rally, with volume around 2.39 million shares and a mix of gains and losses across key names, including rails and utilities.
The list shows Bethlehem Steel as the most active stock, down 1?4 at 64% on 61,700 shares, North American Aviation rising, General Motors slipping 4?4, and United Dye & Chemical up. Northern Pacific leads rail activity on optimistic volume, while major oil issues ease after gains. Overall volume totals around 960,000, below Thursday’s 1,080,000.
A garbled page lists numerous death notices and obituaries including Abert M Dran aged 89 of Scaturday Sunnyside. Alfie Grace Wisnom. Mary Louise Nonnemaker. Mary G.C. Match Fa. Elsie Bowdish. Morey D Agu. Kathryn Showers. Huf Eros Cakewood. Bennett Jean E. and LOB Angelea L showing service details and surviving relatives. Services often at Maltell's Peck Mortuary or local chapels with private or upcoming masses.
The page shows a garbled stock market snapshot with faded figures for Dow Jones components and indices. It lists prices and changes in a fragmented line, hinting at Industrials and Bonds sections but unreadable names and exact values remain unclear.
A compiled list of ships and schedules shows arrivals and departures with names of vessels and ports. The document mentions various cities and dates such as May and Newport, and lists multiple ships and associated traders, captains, and routes in a traditional maritime atlas style.
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