Eastern Leaf Sales Begin Tuesday in North Carolina Belt
Opening day average projected at 57 cents per pound as Eastern Belt growers report one of their best crops in years. Last season sold over 328 million pounds at a 58.70 average. 1960 season shows strong demand with higher grades and Market groups listing towns from Ahoskie to Windsor and region totals for Border and North Carolina markets.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
W. Phil Hedrick
North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture
Ahoskie
Clinton, Dunn
Farmville
Goldsboro
Greenville
Kinston
Robersonville
Rocky Mount
Tarboro
Smithfield
Wallace
Washington
Wendell
Williamston
Wilson
Windsor
Carolinas
South Carolina
Stabilization Corp
Border Belt
Independents Seek 10000 Signatures for Elector Petition
Backers of a South Carolina independent unpledged presidential slate aim to gather 10000 voter signatures by September 8 to appear on the November ballot. The group, forming here, plans to add four more elector candidates, draft the petition form, and set up headquarters. Signers are not pledged to vote for the ticket.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Dwight
State Democratic Party
Governor Candidates On Vacation In North Carolina
The North Carolina gubernatorial candidates Sanford and Gavin begin week long breaks with active campaigning. Sanford heads to the mountains for five speeches and two Terry Sanford Days while Gavin goes to the coast drafting his platform and holding a coffee hour. Gavin predicts a Republican win and strong chances to become governor while noting North Carolina would benefit.
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North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Robert Gavin
Gavin
Wrightsville Beach
Sanford
Myrtle Beach
S.C
GOP
Mountains
Beach
Young Democrats Club
Tryon
Boone
Dillsboro
Robbinsville
Wilmington
Kinston Civitan Club
North Carolinian Faces Death In Oklahoma Electric Chair
Eddie Junior Oxendine 29 of Kinston North Carolina is set for execution by electric chair in McAlester Oklahoma Wednesday unless Governor Edmondson commutes his sentence to life. The 1958 robbery slaying of Ruth Zimmerman 19 prompted the case. Oxendine’s brother in law James Spence 31 of Pembroke North Carolina also faces a death sentence.
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Eddie Junior Oxendine
Kinston
N. C
J. Howard Edmondson
Oxendine
State Pardon and Parole Board
Park Anderson
Parole Board
Robert Raines
State Prison
James Spence
Pembroke
Ruth Zimmerman
Lawton
Okla
Spence
Textile mills in Carolinas trim schedules amid weak grey goods market
Grey goods producers in North and South Carolina reduce work weeks as prices ease and demand wanes. Mills like Rex, Firestone Textiles, Mayfair and Spartan firms shift to five days or shorter, while some plants still run six days to fill orders. Executives warn further curtailment possible if conditions fail to improve.
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Associated Press
New York
Carolinas
Textile Inc
Gastonia
N.C
Rex Mills Inc
Aberfoyle Manufacturing Co
Firestone Textiles
Gaston County
Spartanburg County
S.C
Fred Dent
Mayfair Mills
Dent
South Carolina Textile Manufactures Assn
Mayfair
Beaumont
Spartan Mills Group
Spartanburg
Walker S. Montgomery
Spartan
Stanley W. Converse
Clifton Manufacturing Co
James A. Chapman Sr
Inman Mills
Inman
Riverdale
Enoree
W. P. Irwin
Reeves Brothers Mills
Woodruff
Saxton and Chesney
Greenville
J. D. Allen
Pacolet Manufacturing Co
Woodside
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Colonial Stores
Duke Power Company
S. Main St
High Point, N. C
BAS Ks
DU Power’ Company
Grey Goods
Irwin
Judson Mills
Judson
J. C. Stevens and Co
Greensboro
High Point
Louisville
Cincinnati
Columbus
Piedmont Airlines
Cari
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