Quality High On Tobacco Markets
The Associated Press reports last week’s tobacco markets in South Carolina and the Border North Carolina Belt remained steady to lower in most grades with declines in low lugs primings and nondescript. Belt gross sales totaled 32,558,871 pounds at 55.32 per hundred, season total 42,470,98 pounds at 55.57. Tar Heel markets opened last Wednesday as South Carolina sold first on July. Bright Belt Warehouse Assn. meets next Tuesday in Raleigh to set opening for Eastern North Carolina belt, tentative Aug. 23, possibly Aug. 18. Leaf, cutters and top rose $1.00. primings, nondescript and low lugs fell 3 to 5 dollars.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
North Carolina
Federal
South Carol
Bright Belt Warehouse Assn
Raleigh
Eastern Carolina
Prisoner in Alabama Refuses Return Across State Line
In Dothan Alabama John Lloyd Bedsole a 34 year old prisoner serving six months for hindrance claims he did not escape a highway crew and that Florida had no jurisdiction after crossing briefly into Alabama. Bedsole sat under a shade tree and refused to move when rest period ended prompting officials to threaten action. Florida sought extradition.
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Dothan
Ala
John Lloyd Bedsole
Florida
Alabama
Bedsole
Highness
T. Patrick
Mameas
Fia
Torge Bedsole
James E. Folsom
Leroy Col
Veteran Draws 12 To 15 Year Prison Term
Herman Blakeley a 23 year old veteran was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in Central Prison on eight counts of slaughter arising from a major highway crash in January 1954. Judge Williams ordered concurrent terms. Blakeley recently returned from service and pleaded guilty to six counts after previous conviction on two.
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Sanford
N.C
Herman Blakeley
Central Prison
Clawson L. Williams
Blakeley
State Highway Patrol
North Carolina
Rain Storms Bring Relief To Chicago
Thunderstorms swept the eastern two thirds of the nation, relieving heat in the northern region while muggy heat persisted in the central and southern areas. Chicago saw near 3 inches of rain as other locales reported heavy downpours and Tucson tallied 2.50 inches in 24 hours.
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Great Lakes
Gulf
Plains States
New England
New York
Rockies
Desert
Thermal
Calif
Tulsa
Okla
Mercury
Missouri
Chicago
Park Falls
Wis
Tucson
Ariz
Midwest
Plains
New York City Records Heat on August Sixth
New York City endured a scorching day with afternoon temperatures reaching 95.2 degrees. It marked the fifth hot day this month and tied the warmest August 6 in the record book, last matched in 1918 at 93.3 degrees.
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New York
Pacific Typhoon Hope Off Japan Minded Toward Coast
Typhoon Hope remained about 420 miles southwest of Tokyo on a path parallel to Japan coast. Winds were around 80 mph and the storm moved northeast at roughly 15 mph as of today.
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Tokyo
Hope
Japan
Weather map hints at cooler air over Great Lakes region
A northerly flow from central Canada brings somewhat lower temperatures to the upper Lakes region Mississippi Valley and the tas. The AP Wire photo map accompanies the report.
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England
Canada
Upper Lakes Region
Mississippi Valley
Tas
Takes Quite A Man To Be Whisky Taster
Walter Seid, 33, works as an assistant vice president at 21 Brands Inc overseeing domestic whisky production and testing up to 50 whiskies weekly. He explains tasters do not swallow samples and emphasizes flavor and aroma, not idealism, in a demanding job that balances craft with responsibility.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Walter Seid
Wally Seid
United States
Seid
21" Brands, Inc
America
Kentucky
Dogs Digging For Truffles In Northern Italy
In Alba Italy long nosed dogs with strong paws hunt underground white truffles prized by chefs. Truffles cannot be cultivated and grow near oak pine or chestnut roots. Giacomo Morra, 76, known as Italy’s truffle king, buys regional diggings paying eight to ten dollars per pound and ships the harvest abroad.
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Alba
Italy
France
United States
Soviet Union
Bikini Cardboard Beauty Free After Jail Incident
Myrtle the bikini clad cardboard beauty was released by police chief C T Mullen after the owner beer distributor David Meyer retrieved the life size cutout. The wife who feared Myrtle’s threat to her home had urged an arrest, but authorities called it a publicity stunt that broke the monotony at headquarters.
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Bessemer
Ala
Myrtle
C. T. Mullen
David Meyer
Ullen
Mullen
Myrtle Cervo
Downtown financier robbed as detective tailed suspect
In Louisville on August 6 a gunman robbed Sterling Finance Co. of 690 dollars while assistant manager Ralph Green trailed a man deemed suspicious who was later identified as a city detective, Mullikin. The theft occurred within two minutes of the front window sighting. Mrs. Mildred Rains, head cashier, and another cashier were alone when the robber entered with a toy wrapped in a bag, displaying a gun barrel.
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Louisville
Harry Mullikin
Sterling Finance Co
Guaranty Finance Co
Ralph Green
Funeral Plans Made For Hollywood Stars
Hollywood mourns Carmen Miranda and Suzan Ball killed within 12 hours. Miranda will lie in state in Hollywood before a Brazil to Rio de Janeiro farewell and funeral in Sao Joao Baptista Cemetery. Ball dies of cancer at 21. husband Richard Long and others await arrangements.
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Hollywood
Carmen Miranda
Suzan Ball
Rio de Janeiro
Miss Miranda
Cunningham and O'Connor
Church of the Good. Shepherd
David Sebastian
Maria Miranda da Cunha
Rio
Sebastian
Sao Joao Baptista
Miss Ball
Richard Long
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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Scorcher
Weather Bureau
Weathe
Conubinons
Koonts-Mcghee Drug CO
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Mister
Charles Thomas
Alexander Tulupnikov
South Dakota
Kay Sevalius
Sonya Kaye
Huron
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Yuri Golubash
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Bobby Clark
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