Tobacco Prices Edge Higher on Border and Carolina Belts
Tobacco prices were marginally higher on the Border Belt and Eastern North Carolina markets Monday. The Federal State Market News Service reported mostly unchanged to higher prices by grade, with two thirds of grades showing gains from $1 to $3 per hundredweight on the Border Belt and $1 to $2 on the Eastern belt. Volume was heavy, leaf quality improved, and few bright orange baskets sold for $78 per hundred. Auction figures show mixed changes across leaf, lugs, primings, and nondescript categories across belts.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Monay
Federal State Market News Service
Vietnamese students attack Thieu as junta leaders face demand
Students in Hue target Maj. Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu accusing him of illegal power. They call for a new government via a National Assembly and U.S.-Vietnam force agreement with controls on inflation and social ills said to be caused by U.S. troops. They urge reform of draft rules to employ degree holders in specialized military roles and express willingness to aid the anti-Communist effort, though the student movement remains fractured and fragmented by religious and ideological divisions.
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Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Hue
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
U.S
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Avalanche disaster in Saas Fee shocks Swiss Alps
Swiss avalanche at Saas Fee caused massive ice collapse trapping workers and residents. Rescue efforts under way with Alpine dogs and helicopters, as Hermann Geiger reports scenes of chaos and slow progress to clear the ice. Eyewitness Alois Hauser recalls the swift, devastating event.
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Hermann Geiger
Geiger
Alois Hauser
Zurich
Britannia Mountain Refuge
Allalin Glacier
Saas Fee
Switzerland
Zermatt
Redistricting Talks Split Fairfax County Delegation
Lawmakers debated dividing Fairfax County for two districts while opponents warned of broader district shifts. Some proposed at large elections to possibly unseat two entrenched Republicans, with others planning liberal bills on mental institutions and education. Governor Harrison signals no extraneous measures and will urge focusing the session.
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Fairfax County
Smith and Marsh
Chesapeake
del. Junie Bradshaw
Henrico County
Bradshaw
Joel Broyhill
Richard H. Poff
del. Henry E. Howell
Norfolk
Democratic Party
House
Senate
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Harrison
Gemini 5 mission recovers as crews await home welcome
After a 12 day flight the Gemini 5 astronauts look to a Houston welcome at Ellington as reviews of the historic voyage begin. Tass calls the mission a deserved success while Soviets note U.S. space records and praise pours in worldwide.
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Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
Conrad
Klastoff
Cape
U.S
Tass
Coioper
Cmdr
B.J. Avery
J.W. Grunenwald
Avery
Space Center
Tex
Atlantic
Steel wage talks and White House efforts in Pittsburgh
President Johnson intensified mediation over a steel strike after a 24 hour breakfast with Sen Wayne Morse and LeRoy Collins. Moyers cited a Defense Department report warning a bureau cannot afford a day’s production loss as unions seek 53 cent hourly gains over 39 months. wage conflicts loom amid Taft Hartley options and productivity based guidelines.
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Defense Department
LeRoy Collins
Pittsburgh
Morse
Collins
Johnson
Moyers
United Steelworkers
Dominican Junta Signs Resignations Amid Peace Talks
OAS negotiators accept changes proposed by rebels including keeping some military men in service and allowing disarmament of civilians who rallied after the April civil strife. Imbert criticizes the peace formula as harmful but says urgency to settle remains due to bad economy. Four of five junta members sign resignations. Francisco Caminero holds out. Caamano Deno silent at rebel HQ in Santo Domingo.
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OAS
Junta
Imbert
Franciscoe J. Rivera Caminero
Francisco Caamano Deno
Sanito Domingo
Shipping pact ends wave of port strikes in 1961
Washington pacts were announced in Johnson City Texas after Sunday talks. MEBA joined the 75 day strike June 16 but ratified a new agreement August 19. MEBA’s relaying of picket lines let liners sail while two other unions kept cargo ships idle. S.S. United States sailed from New York. the other ships remained tied up.
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Washington
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Afl-Cio
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
MEBA
S.S. United States
New York
Sheldon
Those Who Married To Beat Draft To Find They Didn't Beat Anything
Lt General Hershey warned that marrying to dodge the draft failed as childless married men may face call ups once the manpower pool shifts. He urged ratification talks and noted no end to the draft is in sight, while denouncing draft-card burners as misguided.
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San Francisco
Lewis B. Hershey
U.S. Selective Service
Hershey
Johnson
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Paci
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Gemini
Micke
Ricksay
OLD Hickory Distillers CO
PHILA
Envoy
Luis Ricardo Alonso Fernandez
Cuba
London
Fidel Castro
Ping Lines
Gulf
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Blue Cross- Blue Shield
Liberal Hospital
Virginia Medical Service Association
Danville
Virginia
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