Tobacco Fairs Report Strong East North Carolina Prices
Farmers on the Eastern North Carolina belt sold 9,303,957 pounds of tobacco at an average $54.22 per cwt yesterday with total sales of 24,320,680 pounds across the two opening days. Border Belt markets showed robust demand with the week’s average around $55.24 and heavy volumes.
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Raleigh
Pfarmers
North Carolina
Agriculture Departments
Fastern
Border Belts
South Carolina
Border Belt
Lennon to Speak at North Carolina Food Dealers Session
U S Senator Alton A Lennon of Wilmington will address the final session of the North Carolina Food Dealers Association in Charlotte. Earlier talks featured Joseph Karafa, William Kincheloe, Col. Robert J. Putnam, Charles E. Hall, and W. T. Harris. The convention draws about 2,500 attendees amid a panel on store operations and officer elections.
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Charlotte
U. S
Alton A. Lennon
Wilmington
North Carolina Food Dealers Association
Joseph Karaffa
Greensboro
William Kincheloe
Strietmann Biscuit Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert J. Putnam
Asheville
Charles E. Hall
Hussmann Refrigeration, Inc
W. T. Harris
Harris Food Stores
Charlotte Retail Grocers
Detective Resigns Over Residency Rule Clash
J. L. Kivett, a veteran detective in the plainclothes division, resigns after opposing a 1949 civil service rule barring city employees from living outside city limits. He dismisses his gun badge and handcuffs on Chief Stoker's desk and cites unfair treatment as other officers live outside the city without issue. City officials note waivers and past compliance, stressing the rule requires moving residents to inside the city or immediate payroll removal.
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J. L. Kivett
Tt Ment
Kivett
Civil Service
C. C. Stoker
Civil Service ‘Commission
Stoker
Bby
Joseph Snider
Oil Service Commission
Snider
Commission
Police and Fire Departments
T. E Hinson
Red Cross Offers Home Nursing Course for Women
The Greensboro chapter hosts Red Cross home nursing classes next week led by Lake Allen. Sessions run 9 a.m. to noon and 1 30 to 4 30 p.m. Monday through Friday August 31 to September 4. Preferred entrants are nurses or home economics teachers. other interested women may inquire at the chapter.
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High Point
Red Cross
Greensboro
W. Page Harris
Mornt Lake Allen
Harris Sai
Safety Meet Held For Bus Drivers
A two part meeting for Consolidated Bus Lines drivers was led by President H F Moore at the company garage. He praised the drivers for no accidents while noting improvements in bus operations and a safety film titled And Then There Were Four was shown.
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Consolidated Bus Lines
H. F. Moore
Moore
Fr. B. Ty
Textile Sein Co
FCC establishes new priority system for TV station apps
The Federal Communications Commission adopts a two group priority method for pending TV station applications. Group A covers cities with no TV station and Group B covers cities with one or more stations, with alternation between groups. Top city in each group by population gains priority, and Group B cities with one station outrank those with multiple stations. The two monthly revised lists cover 117 cities including Columbus Georgia Augusta Durham Orlando West Palm Beach Biloxi Spartanburg Petersburg Alexandria Fayetteville Lafayette Bristol Albany Jackson Daytona Beach Florence Goldsboro Anderson Bogalusa Clearwater and more.
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Washington
Federal Communication Commissio
FCC
Columbus
Augusta
Daytona Beach
Fla
Florence
S.C
Goldsboro
N.C
Anderson
Bogalusa
Clearwater
5.C
Raleigh
Asheville
Atlanta
F L Varner 74 Dies Near Asheboro
F L Varner 74 died this morning at his Route 2 Asheboro home after a short illness. He was a Randolph County native and retired farmer. Survived by wife Maggie Myers Varner four sons Ray Luther Homer and Odell all of Route 2 Asheboro two daughters Mrs Bud Grubb Route 2 Lexington and Mrs Charlie Cooper Route 2 Thomasville. Funeral set for Wednesday at 4 p m at Hughes Grove Church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Denton
F. L. Varner
Asheboro
Randolph County
Maggie Myers Varner
Ray
Luther
Homer
Odell
Bud Grubb
Lexington
Charlie Cooper
Thomasville
Hughes Grove Church
Neighbor Averts Possible Blaze at Ward Home
An alert neighbor may have saved Mrs. H. R. Ward's home at 119 W. Wilis St. from fire yesterday. Firemen rushed to the scene after an alarm sounded but at 2 15 p.m. a neighbor shut off an overheated refrigerator motor, preventing further damage.
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H. R. Ward
W. Wilis St
Two High Point Children Enter Polio Hospital
The Health Department reports High Point has 18th and 19th polio victims of the season. Nine year old Elizabeth Marie Bundy of Route 5 was admitted to Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital Greensboro for observation. Infant Glenn Collins age 3 months of Clara Cox Apartments also admitted with onset listed as Aug 17.
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High Point
Health Department
Elizabeth Marie Bundy
J. W. Bundy
Route 5
Central Carolina
Greensboro
Glenn Collins
Ed Collins
Clara Cox Apts
Starkville marks 100-day no fatal crash moratorium
In Starkville Mississippi city officials halt parking meter fees and declare a one day moratorium on parking for every 100 days without a fatal traffic accident.
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Starkville
Miss
Nomination Delays High Point Civil Defense Leader Search
Mayor George Covington says nomination of W F Bailey to state Prisons Director may stall naming a successor to Charles B Loflin in High Point civil defense. Bailey’s nomination delays peer plan revamp. local defense leaderless since Loflin resigned last spring. Bailey has visited twice and a new master plan was prepared but set aside. About 350 dollars is allotted for defense expenses, with no expected federal or state funding.
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W. F. Bailey
High Point
George Covington
Bailey
Charles B. Loflin
Covington
High Point Civil Defense Prorp
W. W. Andrews
Goldsboro
Atty
Harry McMullan
Ellen Winston
Winston
McMullan
Council
Prisons Highway Commission
Anderson
Highway Commission
A. H. Graham
Department of State
Col. Bailey
Graham
Duke University
Guilford College
Harvard
University of North Carolina
Triangle Hosiery Company
Office of Rice Stabilization
North Carolina
North State Football and Basketball Officials Association
Carolinas
Thevernor
Ike to Dedicate Falcon Dam and Meet Leaders Abroad
President Eisenhower will join Mexican President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines on the Rio Grande border to dedicate Falcon Dam on October 19. He will visit Kansas City on October 15 for a Future Farmers of America convention and speak in New Orleans on October 17 for the Louisiana sesquicentennial. Also, Panama President Remon Cantera will visit Washington on September 28.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Adolpho Ruiz Cortines
Mexico
Falcon Dam
Rio Grande
Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
New Orleans
White House
Jose Antonio Remon Cantera
Panama
Washington
Stenographer Sought after Di Rocco Home Visit
Police investigated a report of a missing stenographer linked to a Di Rocco home. Miss McDonald claimed she came over for a while and would leave after another cigarette. Her father, a Northeastern Junior High School teacher, reported she left work two hours earlier.
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Miss McDonald
Northeastern
Thirty-One Sent For Draft Tests
Six volunteers and 31 registrants left High Point for Charlotte for Army entrance examinations. Volunteers, if they pass, will be accepted immediately. others must wait induction. Names listed: Charles O. Rice Clarence E Greenway John Greenway Wiley B Allman James R Miller James R Massey. They received mechanical pencils from Mrs May Poston of the local FVW Auxiliary. needles were donated by the Auxiliary.
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High Point
Charlotte
U. S. Army
Draft Board
Charles O. Rice
Clarence E. Greenway
John Greenway
Wiley BE. Allman
James R. Miller
James R. Massey
May
NCAA Charges N C State With Paying Star $75 Monthly
The Charlotte News reported the NCAA charged North Carolina State College with paying a freshman center Ronnie Shavlik $75 a month plus benefits and arranging travel and tryouts. Shavlik denied any payment beyond a regular scholarship and said he had no country club privileges. The case followed ACC sanctions and a one year probation for State.
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NCAA
N. C. State College
Cage Star
Charlotte
Charlotte News
National Collegiate Athletic Association
North Carolina State College
Ronnie Shavlck
Denver
Colo
CNAA
Gordon Gray
Consolidated University of North Carolina
North Carolina State
Walter Byers
Shavlik
Leigh
Montreasuyers
The
East Denver
Associated Press
Raleigh
Frank Shavlik
Sue
Gray
Case
Everett Case
ACC
Greensboro
State
Southern Conference
Wallace Wade
Chicago
Jerry Weber
Mariemont
Ohio
Rod Hundley
Charleston
W. Va
Paul Underwood
Cebe Price
South Charleston
Bailey Named Prisons Head
Governor Umstead announced Col. Bailey will be appointed prisons director effective Sept 1 with a salary of 10 098 a year after recommending separation of the Prisons Department from the Highway Commission. Former SBI head Anderson 49 a veteran evangelist and ex police chief may be left without reappointment.
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Umstead
The
Highway Commission
Bailey
Commission
Asheville
Prisons Advisory Council
General Assembly
Prisons Department
Advisory Council
SBI
Bloodhounds Seek Three Escapees From Camp
Prison guards and bloodhounds hunted three of five convicts who escaped from Sampson County Prison Camp Sunday night by sawing a toilet window. Two fugitives, Leslie Gautier and Charlie Cain, were captured near Faison. Remaining at large were James Wilson Daniel Lee Chavis and Nathan Saunders. Raymond L. Jones was found inside the window.
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Clinton
N. C
Sampson County
Faison
Leslie Gautier
Rt. 2
Charlie Cain
Baldenboro
James Wilson
Laurinburg
Daniel Lee Chavis
East Rockingham
Nathan Saunders
Fayetteville
Raymond L. Jones
Stocks Sink on New York Market as Rail Shares Lead Losses
Stock prices in New York open lower with railroad issues posting the steepest declines, rail carriers hit by selling, and the Dow-like industrial average slipping back to June 22 levels. Volume rose with 350000 shares traded in the first hour, led by Denver Rio Grande and Southern Pacific while mining and utilities dipped.
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New York
Denver Rio Grande
Southern Pacific
Benguet Consolidated Mining
Davidson County Schools Plan Opening Day 1953
Davidson County schools prepare to open the 1953 54 year on September 2 with three more teachers to hire. All faculties meet at North Davidson High at 10 a.m. vaccination proof required for six year old entrants born between October 1 and 16. Birth certificates needed for new first graders on their first day.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Paul F. Evans
North Davidson High School
Vans
Lexington
Evans
Pair Accused Of Breaking Windows In Harrison Home
Wallace Lee Soe cer, 24, of 503 Richardson St., and Beeson, 44, Route 1, face charges for breaking windows at Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Harrison’s home on Sherrod Street. About 10s of glass were damaged, with police calling it a grudge incident. Both men posted bonds of 500 and 300 and await Municipal Court trial. a truck sighting led to the arrest of the two. Also jailed was J. N. Stout, 37, Route 5, on driving while license revoked, speeding, and liquor possession charges. bond 350. He faces a Municipal Court hearing next week.
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Wallace Lee Soecer
Richardson St
Beeson
Route 1
E. M. Harrison
Sherrod St
Harrisons
J. N. Stout
Route 5
Stout
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
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St. Lawrence
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Ike
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Prisons Director
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Civil Defense
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American Tobacco
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Seseccesses
Bethlehem Steel
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Geen
Hyd Borden
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chrysler
Curtiss-Wright
Johns Manville
Eee
Kennecott
Kroger Co
Liggett & Myers
Lou & Nash
Monsanto Eee
Packard
Paramount Pictures
Southern Co
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Southern Railway
Davidson Co
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Studebaker
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M.P.G
Miracle Ride
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Lewis Motor CO
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