Opening of New Flue-Cured Tobaccco Market Sets Record
In Greenville North Carolina buyers from eight companies bid on the first row of flue cured tobacco with prices from 70 to 74 dollars a basket. Officials praised quality and forecast a longer selling season due to recent dry weather affecting maturation in parts of the belt.
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Greenville
N.C
North Carolina
John Cyrus
Tobacc
State Department of Agriculture
Georgia- Florida
Cyrus
James Graham
Fred Royster
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
B. C. Mangum
State Farm Bureau
Farmer Catches Snake In Nest In Monroe
In Monroe North Carolina AP report Bob Cavelock used a fish hook inside an egg daubed with dough to trap two snakes in a hen nest. He placed the egg on a string tied to a plank and found a large chicken snake the next morning, then caught its mate.
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Monroe
N. C
Robert B. Cavelock
Rt. i
Bob
Marines Strike Communist Training Camp Near Da Nang
U S Marines battled into a Communist training camp 20 miles southwest of Da Nang as other units fought North Vietnamese regulars farther north. Reports say about 211 enemy killed, 44 Communist bodies counted, and a large cave complex uncovered. The action included a 2 hour battle along infiltration routes south of the DMZ with 17 enemy dead. Casualties among Marines were light.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Victor Ohanesian
New York
Demilitarized Zone
North
Johnson Appeals Anew For Inflation Bounds
President Johnson pressed capital and labor to keep wage and price increases within reasonable bounds during a radio press conference. He noted 1960–present shifts: prices up 10 percent, wages 17 percent, profits 83 percent, and called for restraint from both wage setters and price makers while surveying rising medical and transportation costs. He promised more data after Congress acts on remaining appropriations.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Labor Department
Congress
Christmas Bells Ring The Cash Register
New York AP reports school bells ring as merchants see back to school shopping surge. The article notes shoppers nationwide spend over 3 billion dollars on supplies and uniforms, boosting sales across retailers and markets.
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New York
Missing In Viet Nam Families Face Legal Limbo
Wives of U S fighting men missing or captured in Viet Nam describe burdens from red tape and bureaucratic barriers as their husbands become legal nonpersons. When declared missing or captured a man cannot act for himself and spouses cannot act for him except in special cases.
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New York
U.S
Viet Nam
Next of Kin
Federal Income Tax Bureau
North
Defense Department
Pentagon
Associated Press
McGahn
North Viet Nam
Luna 11 Launched By Russia
The Soviet Union launched an unmanned satellite Luna 11 toward the moon, Tass said. Earlier Luna missions achieved milestones toward a manned moon landing, with Luna 9 and Luna 10 completing landing and orbital feats. The craft reportedly weighs 3,615 pounds. The report notes ongoing U.S. lunar orbit and speculation about possible animal payloads on future Luna missions.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
United States
U.S
Wrightsville Beach native serves as Humphrey's No 2 secretary
Marsha Sheppard, 22, from Wrightsville Beach, works as Vice President Humphrey's No 2 secretary. She travels with the party, handles dictation, and plans to join two-month campaign duties next month. Sheppard, a New Hanover High School graduate, enjoys home visits for gun and surf.
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Wrightsville Beach
N.C
Hubert Humphrey
Marsha Sheppard
United States
Dominican Republic
Marsha
Richard F. Sheppard
Rutherfordton
New Hanover High School
Wilmington
University of North Carolina At
Greensboro
Washington
Miss Sheppard
Humphrey
Experts prepare to seed storm off Puerto Rico
Experts of project Stormfury prepared to fly from Roosevelt Roads NAS Puerto Rico for a potential strike on Hurricane Faith. The operation aims to weaken the storm with silver iodide cloud seeding in an hours long aerial bombardment if Faith nears the target area.
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Miami
Fla
Third General Calls For Retirement In German Military Row
In Bonn the row between West German military and political leaders deepens as Maj. Gen. Guenther Paper requests retirement over Defense Ministry plans allowing service members to join a union. Gen. Heinz Trettner also asks to be retired in protest of the same policy.
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Bonn
Germany
Defense Ministry
Guenther
Defense
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Ludwig Erhard
Heinz Trettner
von Hassel
Public Services and Transport Workers Union
Nonsensical Notions Bring Jail Terms to Russian Baptists
Six Baptist sect members were jailed in Rostov on Don on charges of antisocial activities and instilling nonsensical notions in children. The trial, reported by Teacher's Gazette, described a May 2 street demonstration and 40 baptisms in the Don River, including a Young Communist League girl.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Teacher's Gazette
Rostov-on- Don
Don River
Young Communists’ League
Fof
P. D. Belenky
Zhovmiruk
Bolgovya
Yerisov
Mtsensk
Orel
Senne Danii
Union
United States
The
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