Nations Air Defense Center Admits Saucer Involvement
Colorado Springs reports from Ent Air Force Base indicate the Air Defense Command acknowledges involvement in the saucer situation. ADC says radar shows unexplained blips and interceptor planes are kept ready while reports of unidentified objects pour in from Korea and Japan. A Canadian destroyer reportedly sighted two saucers, later possibly Jupiter. navy officers note Jupiter’s mismatch with radar range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Force Air Defense Command
Ent Air Force Base
ADC
New York
Missouri
California
Korea
Japan
Tar Heel Tobacco Belt Opens Monday
North Carolina Border Belt growers plan to begin marketing their flue cured leaf Monday with prices expected to exceed last season’s 53.28 per hundredweight average. Hedrick notes light early sales due to many farmers still in the fields while eight border markets open at 9 a.m. and run five hours daily for five days. Harvesting varies from 40 to 60 percent in the Border Belt, with yields around 1200 pounds per acre this year, and weather may dull leaf quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
N. C
North Carolina
South Carolina
W. P. Hedrick
State Department of Agriculture
Hedrick
Chadbourn
Clarkton
Fair Bluff
Fairmont
Lamberton
Tabor City
Whiteville
Border Belt
North Carolina Belt
Hedvick
Big Eastern Belt
Speeding chase ends in double fatal crash near Goldsboro
State Patrolman W J Currin said a speeding car he chased collided with another near Goldsboro killing both drivers. Victims were William Colladge Dail 26 of Columbia South Carolina and W M Winborne 44 of Goldsboro. Dail died at Wayne Memorial Hospital shortly after 4 30 p m accident on Highway 117 about 10 miles from here. Winborne died about midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
W. J. Currin
William Colladge Dail
Columbia
S. C
W. M. Winborne
Dail
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Winborne
North Carolina June nonagricultural jobs rise 9,000
North Carolina's non agricultural employment for June rose by 9000, per the State Department of Labor. The largest gains came from 4100 in construction and 2300 in textiles, with 1200 increases in food products and in service industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleighp
North Carolina
State Department of Labor
North Carolina Tax Take Rises In July
Edwin Gill, collector for the North Carolina district, announced July federal tax intake reached 127.7 million dollars, about 36 million more than July 1951. Increases come from withholding income and employment taxes, corporate incomes, and cigarette and tobacco taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Edwin Gill
Internal Revenue
North Carolina
Gill
State to Seek Federal Aid for Drought Emergency
Greensboro pastor Caldwell asks the Federal Department of Agriculture to declare North Carolina an emergency drought area. He said farmers face a critical feed shortage and are forced to use daily feed normally saved for winter. Five farmer cooperatives pledged to assist with livestock feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Harry B. Caldwell
Federal
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Caldwell
Knox Hutchison
Drought Costs North Carolina Farmers 200 Million
Agriculture Commissioner L Y Ballentine estimates Tar Heel drought losses at 200 million dollars drawn from state reports. Tobacco 100 million, corn 50 million, hay 12 to 15 million, pasture 10 million, live stock 25 million. Officials note drought impact varies by area and warn of cattle feed shortages this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
L. Y. Ballentine
Ballentine
Dean James H. Hilton
North Carolina State College
School of Agriculture
D. S. Weaver
Extension Service
Weaver
Dean Hilton
UN Throws Reds Back From Hill
United Nations infantry held Old Baldy against a heavy Chinese shelling and two counterattacks. U N troops repelled 50 man Chinese assaults, with 8 761 rounds fired by the Reds in 24 hours and Allied forces retaking Old Baldy after a 12 hour battle. Weather limited air action and one Allied jet was lost to ground fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Old Baldy
Chorwon
U. S. Eighth Army
U.N
U. N
Associated Press
Milo Farnell
Yolkok
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Price Chiefs Say Inflation Won’t End Soon
Washington report says living costs are at an all time high as Ellis Arnall and Roger Putnam warn of ongoing price rises. Arnall blames Congress for weakening controls and cites food price gains. Putnam accuses Republicans of curbing inflation programs and credits Democrats with preserving power to control prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ellis Arnall
Congress
Roger I. Putnam
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arnall
Arnald
White House
Putnam
82Nd Congress
Government Moves To Combat Southeast Drought Crisis
The U S government warns of a 500 million dollar Southeast drought that imperils national defense production. Officials authorize emergency loans and hay relief, designating disaster areas across six states plus portions of Missouri Arkansas and Maine and Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
New England
Department of Agriculture
South
R. M. Snyder
National Production Marketing Administration
Maine
Massachusetts
Snyder
Hutchinson
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee
South Carolina
Holdup Men Kill Young Husband After Beach Party
Two holdup men fatally shot 22 year old William Hopkins and wounded his father in law Alfred McCullough as they returned from a Rye Beach party to the Bronx. Hopkins staggered toward help as the assailants fled after forcing him into the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Hopkins
Brooklyn
Bronx
Alfred McCullough
Rye
Hopkins
McCullough
Police Use Gunfire Tear Gas To Crush Montreal Prison Riot
In Bordeaux Jail Montreal hundreds of prisoners rioted over food injuring at least 12, with two shot. Police used tear gas and pistols fired over heads as 700 inmates looted the canteen and set fires. Quiet returned after midnight as authorities reviewed May riot parallels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Bordeaux
Emile Drapeau
Montreal Fire Department
Soaking Rains Reach Carolinas After Destructive Drought
Weather relief arrives after five days of rain but farmers face about 200 million dollars in losses in North Carolina alone, with tobacco and corn most affected. The Agriculture Department adds South Carolina to drought disaster aid list to fund cattle feed and crop planting. Temperatures ease to the 80s with scattered showers forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
South
North Carolina
Tennessee
Mississippi
Associated Press
Carolinas
South Carolina
Agriculture Department
L. Y. Ballentine
Iran Senate grants Mossadegh dictatorial powers
The Iranian Senate voted 34 to 0 with one abstention to empower Premier Mossadegh to handle the financial crisis from oil revenue loss. The Majlis had given Mossadegh a similar confidence vote earlier. Abolfazi Lesani urged withdrawal of American advisers and opposed Soviet concessions, proposing nationalization to sell caviar to Russia. Princess Ashraf plans U.S. travel. other royal family members stay in Iran amid nationalist pressure. News also denied reports Isadegh would visit the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Majlis
House of Parliament
Mossadegh
Abolfazi Lesani
U. S
le Havre
France
Isadegh
Gholam Hussein Mossadegh
United States
America
Weather Forecast Temperature Bounds
Tonight’s low expected to be 67 with a high of 43 tomorrow. Today’s high reached 40 and last night’s low was 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
United States Clinches Olympic Team Title With Comeback
The United States captured the Olympic team championship in Helsinki with a dramatic on final day rally to overtake the Soviet Union in a stunning historical comeback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
United States
Russia
Candidates Hold Strong Reins In Presidential Campaigns
Gov Adlai Stevenson plans to move campaign HQ to Springfield Illinois and name Wilson Wyatt as manager. Gen Dwight D Eisenhower asserts no single campaign boss, final responsibility rests with him as he vows a nationwide effort with Sen Richard M Nixon. Democrats discuss appointing campaign aides while Florida Democrats tilt toward Republicans amid rising southern sentiment. Kentucky primaries see light voting with many districts uncontested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stevenson
Washington
Springfield
Wilson Wyatt
Louisville
Gen. Eisenhower
Denver
Eisenhower
Wyatt
Guv. Stevenson
Democratic National Committee
Frank E. McKinney
Kansas City
Trueman
Illinois
Gen
Richard M. Nixon
California
United States
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Averill Harriman
Florida
Richard D. Barker
Democratic National Committees
Wired McKinney
South
Kenetucky
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Seaman Shell Alpert
Salem
Mass
Nation
Air Defense Center
Navy
Crusader
Jupiter
Canada
Arkansas
Louisiana
Virginia
Agriculture
Know T. Hutchinson
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
S. F. Johnson
Germantown
Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Wnee
Asheville
Atlanta
Seeeneneene
Chicago
Detroit
High Point
Little Rock
Memphis
Miami
Eater
Mt. Mitchell
New Orlean
San Antonio
Francisc
Wilmington
Bulletin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!