Tobacco Prices In Decline On Midweek Trading
The Federal State Market News Service reports midweek declines of one to two dollars per hundred on South Carolina and Border North Carolina flue cured tobaccos with volume heavy and leaf quality down from early week. Monday’s gross sales reached 11.72 million pounds with an average of 69.95 dollars per hundred. Season totals near 96.95 million pounds at 69.14 dollars.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
North Carolina
Federal State Market News Service
Stabilization Corporation
Big Eastern Belt
U. S
Think African Aim Shapes New Shop In Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a Negro self help group opens a shop selling bright cotton styles marketed as the African look. Rosanna Wright advises Negro women visiting the store to adopt the trend to replace the mad look, with the shop opening Tuesday.
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Los Angeles
Rosanna Wright
Women
Weather Forecast Warmer South Cooler Northeast Tonight
The night forecast calls for warmer conditions across the central region while the Northeast settles cooler. Residents should expect milder temperatures inland with cooler air moving into the Northeast overnight.
Teenager Questioned in Greenwood County Stabbing
An 18 year old male was questioned in the stabbing death of 18 year old Mary Christine Gardner at her Callison home in Greenwood County. Officers found a broken bottle and knife. neighbors reported a shirtless man nearby. Gardner, a Greenwood High graduate, planned to attend Spartanburg Junior College.
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Nane S. C
Greenwood County
Callison
Giles Daniel
Miss Gardner
Greenwood High
Spartanburg Junior College
Monika Brock
Utopia
John D. Harrison
Weather brings heavy rain and floods in eastern North Carolina
Torrential rain drenched eastern North Carolina with Tarboro area receiving eight inches in three days. Evacuations near Speed, ten miles from Tarboro, while coast towns like Wilmington and New Bern saw only sprinkles. Flooding impacted Tar River areas as several towns reported over an inch of rain Tuesday.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Tarboro
Wilmington
New Bern
Tar River
Greensboro
Williamston
Asheville
Charlotte
Durham
North and South Carolina and Georgia Weather Outlook
Forecast covers North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia with mainly cloudy days and scattered showers. Temperatures peak in the upper 70s to upper 80s across regions with nightly lows in the 60s to 70s. Rain chances remain moderate into Thursday across the southern states.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Star-Spangled Banner Origin Tied to 1814 Fort McHenry Bombardment
Francis Scott Key penned the national anthem aboard a British warship during its bombardment of Fort McHenry on September 12 1814, marking a pivotal moment in American history.
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Francis Scott Key
Ft. McHenry
UAW Eyes Strike Target as Big Three Enter Counter Offers
Walter P. Reuther signals the United Auto Workers will name a strike target next week amid GM and Ford signaling economic counter offers to UAW demands. He urged Flint area workers to widen authorization for negotiators to strike if needed. Negotiations at GM Ford and Chrysler run into week nine with pacts due to expire in two weeks on September 6.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
International
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Reuther
Flint
Steel Plate Prices Watch Tone of Broad Price Rise
Washington observers monitor a $4 per ton steel plate price hike as a potential lead to broader steel price increases. Government officials caution that plate pricing may not directly lift consumer prices, though hints from Pittsburgh suggest possible sheet and strip price increases by October.
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Washington
Johnson
Pittsburgh
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Senate Moves to Reconcile Record Defense Budget Bill
The Senate backing to 85 to 3 approved a historic defense appropriation after House trims. The chamber ordered a compromise with the House led by Sen. John Stennis to reconcile differences including F111B funds, naval ship procurement, and personnel costs.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Marine Corps
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United States Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
First Union National
First Union National Bank
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