Air freight strike slows shipments across major lines
The airline strike halted air freight from United, Eastern, National, Northwest, and Trans World, delaying lobsters, flowers, pets, and electronic parts. Boston lobster wholesaler estimates 25,000 lobsters lost to Midwest markets as Florida canaries and parakeets remain grounded. American Airlines boosts jet freighters while nonstruck carriers feel the extra demand.
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New York
United
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World Airlines
Midwest
South
Southwest
Northeast
John Hines
Boston
Canaries
Florida
Air Express
California
Arthur Robbins
Robbins
American Airlines
American
Hampton Loan Firm Held Up By Gunman
A masked gunman robbed about $1,000 from the Eastern Finance Co. in Buckroe Shopping Center Hampton. Det. Capt. J. R. Lewis said the man wore a stocking cap, handed a brown bag, and demanded the cash before fleeing on foot.
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Hampton (Ap
Eastern Finance Co
Buckroe
J. R. Lewis
Hampton
Womar “Ork
Lewis
Norris-Therador Bomb Case Supplier in Los Angeles
The Norris-Therador Corporation in Los Angeles is among thousands of firms supplying the Viet Nam war effort by making casings for bombs shells and rockets. The article shows scenes along their bomb assembly line operating two eight hour shifts six days weekly.
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Viet Nam
Norris-Therador Corporation of
Los Angeles
Georgia Florida tobacco market dates set this week
Florence AP report details Georgia tobacco warehouses aiming to open on July 27 or August 3 with South Carolina dates following. A hearing Friday in Florence will guide opening plans for a $100 million flue cured leaf crop as Georgia officials poll growers on two possible dates. Last year’s crop brought $113.3 million. this year’s is expected lower amid storm damage from Hurricane Alma and disaster declarations enabling low interest loans for growers.
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Florence
S.C
South Carolina
Georgia
South Carolina Tobacco Warehouse Association
Association
Marion S. Fowler
Macon
Georgia Tobacco Commodity Commission
Georgia Tobacco Advisory Board
Agriculture
Phil Campbell
Alma
U S and Soviet Union poised to strike China says Chen Yi
Tokyo dispatch says Red China Foreign Minister Chen Yi warned that the United States and the Soviet Union planned to attack China, predicting they would be defeated. He told a Japanese delegation that China would fight to the end and not be conquered by atomic bombs.
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Tokyo
Chen Yi
Red Cina
United States
Soviet Union
China
Peking
Chen
Ike Place
Kenzae Kono
Shanghai
Airstrike Cripples Miami Beach Resort Hotel Rooms
Air strike empties thousands of rooms along resort row in Miami Beach. Hotels lay off hundreds as cancellations surge and future bookings fall. Experts warn of potential economic crisis if the strike lasts beyond two weeks, with mortgage pressures and reduced occupancy.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Gordon Miller
Coral Beach
Miami Setch
Miami
New Commercial National TV System Formed
Millionaire Daniel H. Overmyer announced plans to form the first nationwide commercial television network since ABC. Overmyer, a warehousing and financing magnate with six TV stations, told reporters he expects to provide the estimated program schedule and financing for the venture.
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New York
ABC
Daniel H. Overmyer
Overmyer
Oliver ‘Freyz
ABC Television Network
Las Vegas
New
Crippled Duke student ejected from Raleigh Klan rally
Lance Benson a 20 year old Duke summer student from Durham sang "We Shall Overcome" on the capitol grounds during a Ku Klux Klan rally in Raleigh. Four Klansmen carried him off after he began to sing. Gov. Dan Moore urged a full investigation and Benson may press charges. The KKK, about 445 strong, gathered downtown and later met on the capitol grounds.
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Raleigh
State Bureau of Investigation
Highway Patrol
North Carolina Capitol
Charles Dunn
Dan Moore
Lance Stewart Benson
Durham
Duke University
Dunn
Benson
SBI
Haywood Starling
Roy Duncan
Young Benson
State Art Museum
Capitol Grounds
Moore
Capitol
KKK
Capito
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North Market Street
U.S
Russia
Rinsing Biznes
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Kentucky
Glennmore
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Makentucky
Tetcom
Pak
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Glenmore Distilleries Co
Louisville-Owensboro, Ky
Gleinmord
Oldsmobile
Olds
Tororads
VISTA
Losmobile
Pearly Olosmostle Quality Dealer
Swanson Motors, Inc
Riverside Drive
Danville
Deale, SK
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