Brush Fire Burns Across 125 Acres Near Lexington and Thomasville
A large brush and woods fire burned about 125 acres along and across the Southern Railroad tracks between Lexington and Thomasville yesterday. About 300 people, including 150 volunteer firefighters from five rural departments, fought shifting winds, set backfires, and plowed fire breaks under forest ranger direction. The blaze, possibly the Davidson County area’s largest in years, started near a passing train and raged from 4 p.m. to nearly 8 p.m., threatening homes and knocking out telegraph poles while crews used pine seedling barriers to beat the flames.
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Thomasville
Southern
Lexington
Forest Rangers
Davidson County
Pilot
Triangle
Lexington Avenue
Fair Grove Fire Department
Pilot Fire Department
Midway Fire Department
Triangle Fire Department
Holly Grove Fire Department
Central Fire Department
Ervin Sowers
Lake Road
Therrel Grimes
Pilot Department
al Miller
Brazil Signs Five Year Trade Pact With Soviet Union
Brazil and the Soviet Union sealed a five year trade agreement covering more than 600 million dollars in goods over three years. Brazil will export coffee cacao and cotton while the USSR supplies petroleum wheat and manufactured goods. The deal includes a clause that the Russians will not resell Brazilian products to other countries.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Soviet Union
Cuba
Francisco San Tiago Dantas
San Tiago Dantas
Primary candidates highlighted in Thomasville debate
Page 2 A lists candidacy details with 39 contenders in the county primary. Page 10 A covers Thomasville debaters winning or leading in a school event. Page 1 D reports activity at a local furniture mart.
Rockefeller Divorce Sparks Remarriage Rumors
New York report centers on Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller amid divorce from Margaretta Murphy and persistent talk of remarriage. Despite silence from Rockefeller and Murphy, columnists debate political impact and timing for future presidential hopes.
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Rockefeller
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Margaretta Happy Murphy
Rockebe
Feller
Ven
Ezuela
Daily News
Albany
Murphy
the Post
Hodges Urges Equal Job Rights for Negroes in South
Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges told a Tallahassee audience that the South cannot grow economically until qualified Negroes are given equal employment opportunities. He called underemployment a key factor in low per capita income and noted fewer than half of Negro families have full-time workers.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Luther H. Hodges
South
Hodges
Kennedy Praises Encyclical at Boston College Centenary
President Kennedy lauded Pope John XXIII's Peace on Earth for its inclusive language and cross faith dialogue. He spoke at Boston College on a centennial convocation praising shared human progress and the role of universities in national life.
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Kennedy
Boston College
World Council of Churches
America
Communists Gaining In Laotian Fighting
In Vientiane Laos Nea Prince SouvannaPhouma forces withdrew to the edge of Plaine des Kong Le to set up a new post at Muong Pan ahead of Pathet Lao advances. Britain and the Soviet Union seek an end to fighting and Laos neutrality, with Kong Le using a small rearguard as 10 000 Pathet Lao troops press.
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Vientiane
Laos
Nea
Souvanna Phouma
Edge
Plaine Des Kong le
Muong Pan
Surday
Pathet Lao
Britain
Soviet Union
Washington
Plaine
Red China
Viet Nam
Burma
Kong le
Kennedy
Donald Hopson
Russia
Sergei Affanassev
Souvanna
Plaine Des Jarres
Kennedy launches diplomatic salvage effort for Laos crisis
President Kennedy orders a high level NSC session and immediate diplomacy to halt a Communist push threatening neutral Laos. Rusk contacts ambassadors, Harriman to Paris, Bangkok envoy recalled, with no immediate military action decided though a later move remains possible.
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Washington
Kennedy
Laos
National Security Council
Kong le
White House
Boston
U.S
Dean Rusk
State Department
India
Canada
Poland
International Control Commission
Geneva
Rusk
Nixon Urges Cuban Action to Liquefy Communism
Nixon called for a shift from containment to a freedom doctrine in the Cuba crisis urging Kennedy to risk consequences of aiding Cuban exiles. He rejected invasion or blockade, arguing the United States must act to restore freedom and accept risks rather than wait.
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M. Nixon
Kennedy
Cuba
Nixon
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Ameri
United States
Market Business Picks Up at Southern Furniture Market
The spring Southern Furniture market in High Point pauses after morning hours for a brief respite then resumes as attendees grow. National buying syndicates meet in the Exposition Building to prepare member store reports while orders rise and market leaders expect peak activity today and tomorrow.
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Southern Furniture Exposition
High Point
Piedmont
Furniture Factories Marketing Assn. of
South
Mrs. Ralph Price Killed in Greensboro Car Crash
Mrs. Ralph C. Price, wife of a Greensboro financier, died when her convertible overturned on Friendly Road near Guilford College. Barbara Bergman, 16, of Guilford County, driving the other car, was hospitalized with injuries. Police noted the victim may not have worn a seat belt. Mrs. Price had taken her daughter to Winston-Salem and was returning home to 1801 Carlisle Dr.
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Atlantic
Portsmouth
Greensboro
Ralph C. Price
Friendly Road
Guilford College
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TM Erly
Furniture Mart
Sun Valley
Idaho
James S. Murphy
Rockefeller Institute
Afanch
PVE Lem
Steree Benes
Reno
Nev
Phoumi Nosavan
Prince Souphanouvong
Coaliton
Red Chinese
Tokyo
New China News Agency
W. Averell Harriman
Paris
London
Thailand
Bangkok
Red
Richard Nixon
Richard
N. H
Naval Shipyard
Becton
Frederick L. Downs
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Navy
Enterprise Sunday Editor
Ralph Price
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