Weather Mostly Fair And Mild Across Much Of Nation
Light showers touched some areas but most of the country enjoyed fair and mild weather. Eastern regions remained cool with readings in the 50s to lower 60s, a few 70s along the Gulf, while a warming trend moved from the Great Lakes to the central plains and toward the Ohio Valley and Tennessee.
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North and South Carolina Weather Forecast Summary
Forecasts show North Carolina: partly cloudy inland with highs 70s in mountains and 76 to 85 elsewhere, cooler nights 48 to 64, two more warm days then a dip. South Carolina: mostly fair, coastal cloudiness possible, highs 75 to 85, lows 60 to 68, with light rain early or late in the period. Five day outlook indicates below normal temps then gradual warm trend in both states.
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Mississippi to Back Stevenson for Democratic Ticket
Mississippi Senators James Eastland and John Stennis and Gov. J. P. Coleman vowed support for the Democratic national ticket. They signaled opposition to a recall state convention and invited Adlai Stevenson to campaign in Mississippi. Eastland and Stennis avoided naming Estes Kefauver.
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Jackson, Miss
James Eastland
John Stennis
Mississippi
J. P. Coleman
Coleman
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
South
Eastland
Tobacco imports spark Raleigh meeting on Rhodesian leaf
D. D. Cox of Clarendon, Columbus County Farm Bureau president, says a survey is under way to verify reports of sizeable Rhodesian flue-cured leaf imports. The Rhodesian crop this season is estimated at 160 million pounds, fetching about 40 dollars per hundred, versus Carolina flue-cured at around 50.
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Columbus County Farm Bureau
Carolinas
Raleigh Man Heads Food Dealers Assn at Convention
B G Green of Raleigh was installed as president of the North Carolina Food Dealers Assn at its annual convention in Winston-Salem. About 340 members attended as Dan McCormick of St Pauls stepped down. Other officers include Claiborne Berry of Durham and Zeb V Ashe of Winston-Salem in top posts.
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B. G. Green
Raleigh
North Carolina Food Dealers Assn
Green
Dan McCormick
St. Pauls
Claiborne Berry
Durham
W. B. Fincher
Sparkman to Speak at Durham Democratic Rally
U S Senator John Sparkman of Alabama will address about 300 people at a statewide Democratic rally in Durham this Saturday night. Governor Hodges and other state officials are invited. The Young Democrats Club plans a reception banquet and speech with noted guests including Mrs. B. B. Everett and B. Everett Jordan and state labor commissioner Frank Crane.
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U.S
John Sparkman
Ala
Hodges
Young Democrats Club
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YDC
B. B. Everett
B. Everett Jordan
National Committee
Frank Crane
Tar Heel crops dip after mixed regional weather
The Federal State Crop Reporting Service said conditions fell slightly across North Carolina last week. Tobacco and other key crops slipped due to dryness in the Piedmont and mountains, while the Coastal Plain remained good to very good and peanuts improved.
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Coastal Plain
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Investors Mutual and MofN Acquire Home Finance Notes
Investors Mutual Inc and Mutual of New York purchased $1,500,000 of 5 percent notes due 1971 from Home Finance Group Inc of Charlotte North Carolina. Investors Mutual bought $1,000,000 while Mutual of New York bought the remaining balance. Home Finance operates 62 branches across the Carolinas Georgia Florida Kentucky Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia in auto and small loan financing.
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Virginia
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Hearing Set on Longshoremen Pay Rise in Raleigh
A public hearing is scheduled for Sept 13 on a proposal to raise compensation rates for longshoremen and harbor workers by about 34.4 percent. The plan, filed by the Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau, gains support from Insurance signer Charles F. Gold and aligns with a recently enacted federal act applying to harbor workers.
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Raleigh
Hodges to Attend Greensboro Insurance Leaders Meeting
Gov Hodges was to join a Greensboro gathering of insurance companies with the Business Development Corp of North Carolina. The event drew major state firms and featured speakers Richard A Bigger of Charlotte president of the Development Corp and H Powell Jenkins of Raleigh executive vice president.
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Raleigh
Edwin Gill to Speak at North Carolina Merchandising Meet
Greensboro will host the third annual convention of the North Carolina Automatic Merchandising Assn on Friday and Saturday with State Treasurer Edwin Gill as a speaker. Other presenters include Herbert F. Seawell Jr. of Carthage and G. R. Schreiber of Chicago editor of Vend Magazine.
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Edwin Gill
North Carolina Automatic Merchandising Assn
Herbert F. Seawell Jr
Carthage
G. R. Schreiber
Chicago
Vend Magazine
Alumni Secretary Named at N. C. State College
Robert B. Strother of Stem has been selected as alumni secretary at North Carolina State College. A 1954 honor graduate, Strother will assist H. W. Pop Taylor, director of alumni affairs, and was previously a vocational agriculture teacher at Stem High School.
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N. C. State College
Robert B. Strother
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Pop” ‘Taylor
Stem High School
Georgia Plans New Echota Restoration In North Georgia Hills
Georgia to provide about 250000 in funds to rebuild New Echota the historic Cherokee capital site in the North Georgia hills. The project aims to restore the 1826 center where Cherokees printed a national newspaper codified laws and set up a supreme court with help from the Cherokee Historical Association and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Officials hope completion and dedication occur in late 1957 with support from state leaders and Cherokee representatives.
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North Georgia Hills
Ben Fortson
Georgia
Cherokee Historical Assn
New Echota
Supreme Court
Cherokee County
Eastern Band
Jarrett Blythe
O. E. Gregory
Flights Resume as National reopens Miami Key West runs
National Airlines plans four daily Miami to Key West flights today restoring part of service after a labor dispute with pilots. The carrier will add 49 percent of flights to multiple southern and eastern cities, with 65 percent of cities still under service and half the staff rehired amid ongoing mediation over retirement, liability, interchange rules, and pilot examinations.
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Panama City
Pensacola
Mobile
New Bern
Wilmington
N.C
Charleston
D.C
Savannah
Federal Mediation Board
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