Tobacco Prices Up By $4
Opening day average on flue cured tobacco in the South Carolina Belt rose to 3.96 per hundredweight, up from last year’s 40.78. Belt markets sold 9,240,693 pounds with an average of 44.74, SC markets 4,769,348 pounds at 46.93, NC markets 4,471,345 pounds at 42.52. Second day opened with optimism as buyers and crowds watched prices range 43 to 51 per hundredweight. Government stabilization programs show lower volumes than 1963 opening. independent buyers led sales. Dan K. Moore and Alton Lennon voiced optimism for NC tobacco prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Federal State Market News Service
South Carolina
North Carolina
Tobacco Stabilization Corp
Dan K. Moore
Alton Lennon
I N.C
Four White Men Held In July Slaying Of Negro
Four white men jailed on murder charges in Athens Georgia after the July 11 slaying of Lemuel Penn, a Washington DC educator. FBI tied the suspects to the Ku Klux Klan. Federal authorities pursue probes with possible death penalty implications. state action promised if culpability is shown. Goldwater seeks congressional advice on campaign strategy during talks with lawmakers in Prescott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Klux Klan
FBI
Lemuel Penn
Washington
Cecil William Myers
Herbert Guest
Joseph Howard Sims
Athens
Lemuel
Herbert J
Washington,Georgia
Guest
D. C
U.S
Giriard Cil William Myers
Investi FBI Ee Riga Breee
Jandeth Srertane
James S. Lackey
Floyd Buford
Macon
Secre
Tary
Robert S. Mc
Namara
Hawkins
Pentagon
Peking
North Viet Nam
Herbert
McNamara
Goldwater pressed for party consensus on campaign issues
Reporter notes Goldwater aimed to survey Republican House members across the country while Senate action neared on campaign matters. Rhodes quotes Goldwater as wanting a united party and a thorough national review, with potential federal charges and penalties mentioned for a presidential campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower
Goldwater
House
Sbland Senate
Rhodes
Pi Miller
Qal
United Party
Eithem
Buildup Steadies as Asia Tensions Persist
Washington reports indicate easing of Vietnam border crisis with no North Vietnamese Red attack last night, but U S and Red Chinese buildups in Southeast Asia continue. U S advisers doubt an imminent attack as Hanoi remains quiet and clashes are deemed routine. Reports from Taipei claim MIG fighters and renewed air power join North Vietnam, though U S intelligence finds no confirmation. Honolulu logs jets dispatched toward undisclosed Asian bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Schweid
Washington
U.S
Southeast Asia
Peking
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Gia Linh
William McMullan
Long Island
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Taipei
Formosa
Red China
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Hickam Air Force Base
Asia
Mobilization Ordered as Khanh Declares South Viet Nam Emergency
Premier Khanh decreed a state of emergency in South Viet Nam and ordered general mobilization of manpower and resources. Military courts were empowered to impose death sentences on terrorists and saboteurs. Front along the 50 mile border remained tense as North Viet Nam and Viet Cong intensified the word war against the United States and Saigon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm W. Browne Stanger
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet
Neuyen Khanhnamese
Sion
William McMullen
Ijland
N.Y
Laos
Tonkin Gulf
South China Sea
U.S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
United States
Radio
China warns after U S strikes in Vietnam buildup
The report notes no evidence of Chinese help for North Vietnam in the Maddox and Turner Joy attacks. It says North Vietnamese infantry faced Saigon’s reinforced 1st Division on the Ben Hai border Thursday night, and China warned that U S imperialism has crossed a line as the U S strike proceeds. China signals possible combat aircraft deployment if North Vietnam receives more air support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maddox
Turner Joy
North Viet Nam
Saigon
Ben Hai River
Hina
South Viet Nam
China
U.S
Foreman
Johnson
North
Viet Nam
Pentagon
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
War crime prisoner Zech-Nentwich surrenders in Germany
Hans Walter Zech-Nentwich, a war crimes prisoner who escaped last April after his conviction for the massacre of 5,200 Polish Jews, has surrendered to German authorities in Brunswick. He fled with a jail warden's help, then to Switzerland and Egypt before returning, while a guard faces charges over the escape and a reward was offered for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Germany
Hans Walter Zech-Nentwich
Ernst Thiele
Zech-Nentwich
Switzerland
Margit Steinheuer
Egypt
Ethiopia
South Africa
Zech-Nenntwich
Hans Zeeman
Congress Okays Johnson Action As Crisis Eases
Congress approves Johnson action with cross party backing as debate ends in the House Senate expected to follow after Morse opposition. Foreman boos highlight wartime judgment while Stratton defends air strikes and Navy performance amid Vietnam crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Johnson
Powell
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
House
Ed Foreman
R - Tex
Foreman
Rep
Samuel
Stratton
D-Ny
Morse
Bass Wins Nod In Tennessee Bass Wins Nod In Tennessee
Tennessee Democrats nominate Rep. Bass for the U.S. Senate over two challengers amid votes on civil rights. Gov. Clement suffers a political defeat as Bass wins in most districts while Negro-backed races falter in Fayette County. Senator Gore secures renomination as Dan Kuykendall and Howard Baker Jr campaign in the Republican primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Bass
D-Tenn
Avanel
Nashville
Tenn
Johnson
Frank Clement
M. M. Bullard
Senate
Estes Kefauver
Bass
Kefauver
House
Billy Bowles
Tennessee
Boss Bass
Con
Gress
Fayette County
Mississippi
A. W. Willis
Memphis
General Assembly
Albert Gore
Dan Kuykendall
Gore
Howard Baker Jr
Laterather
Tlace Bass
Repossession of Tombstones Stirs Opposition
CHICAGO cemetery Acacia Park filed a suit to stop Acacia Memorial Markers from removing headstones when buyers default on payments. The cemetery says the removals cause confusion and disturb staff. the tombstone firm defends the practice as common when payments are overdue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Acacia Park
Acacia Memorial Markerg
Mary Drawdy
Also Mentioned on This Page
James
Lackey
Girrard Hawkins
Congressional
Prescott
Ariz
Tony Smith
Richard M. Nixon
Smith
Nixon
New York
William E. Miller
Keating
Sen
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
John Rhodes
Arizona
John Tower
Texas
Goldwaer
SOP
Kenneth B. Keating
Khanh
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!