Eastern North Carolina Flue-Cured Tobacco Opens Sales
Eastern North Carolina Flue-Cured Tobacco Belt began its season with first-hour average prices from 44 to 48 per hundred pounds. About 40 to 65 percent of early sales went to the Stabilization Corp under the price support program, with bids often below expected levels. Volume was heavy and prices ranged from 38 to 60 per hundred, with 62 as a practical top.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State
Federal Departments of Agriculture
Stabilization Corp
Phil Hedrick
State Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Departments
Ahoskie
Clinton
Dunn
Farmville
Golisboro
Greenville
Georgia-Florida
Hedrick
South Carolina
North
WE Gets One-Year Contract
Western Electric Co and the Communications Workers of America reach a one-year contract after a strike begins. Wage increases of 7 to 12 cents per hour, average 9.5 cents, cover about 5,700 hourly workers across Winston-Salem Burlington and Greensboro plants. Retroactive pay from August 22 if locals ratify by August 27. Pickets had formed outside three plants as negotiations continued overnight.
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Winston-Salem
Western Electric Co
Communications Workers of America
CIO
Burlington
Greensboro
Western Electric
Walker
Building Permits Rise Across North Carolina in 1955
North Carolina cities issued 95,034,262 in building permits in the first seven months of 1955, a 34 percent rise from the previous year. July totals reached 13,350,515 with large values in Charlotte, Greensboro, Durham and Winston-Salem among others.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Labor
Itechard
Pritchard
Asheville
Burlin
Charlotte
Cord
Durham
Elizabeth City
Fayetteville
Gastonia
Goldsboro
Greensooro
Gocesie
Bern
Uke
Winston-Salem
Sen Scott urges sale of farm surplus to Reds
U.S. Senator W Kerr Scott urged selling surplus farm commodities to Russia and other Communist nations to show goodwill and aid hungry people behind the Iron Curtain. He criticized current farm policy, linking it to alleged cheese market manipulation and insider deals costing taxpayers over two million dollars.
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Sen
Scott
Reds
Goldsboro
N. C
W. Kerr Scott
Russia
America
Wayne Dairy Cooperative
Eisenhower
Senate Culture Committee
Ezra Benson
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Relief Measures Taken in Flood Relief Push
Washington mobilizes funds and personnel in a sweeping flood relief program for the Northeast tied to Hurricane Diane. Eisenhower approves the plan with Army Engineers authorized to divert up to 100 million dollars. Red Cross raises disaster aid goal to eight million as reports show thousands homeless and dozens of deaths.
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Washington
E. Roland Harriman
Nations Red Cross
Ers
Eisenhower
Red Cross
Hartford
Conn
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Diane
Philadelphia
American Bar Assn
Denver
White
22-Year-Old Socialite Found Dead in Philadelphia
Doris Silver Ostreicher, 22, daughter of Herman Silver of Food Fair, was found dead in a friend's apartment during a social visit after eloping with Earl Michael Ostreicher, a 29-year-old Miami police officer. Police called the death unusual. a local physician could not determine the cause. The couple’s brief marriage and circumstances drew national attention.
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Philadelphia
Miami, Fla
Doris Silver Ostreicher
Herman Silver
Food Fair, Inc
Seaboard
Earl Michael Ostreicher
Miami
Seemel Manstein
Me Pleng
Melrose Park
Ostreicher
Miami Beach
Return of King Ben Youssef Prompts Moroccan Crisis Demand
Morocco Istiqlal Nationalist party calls for revision of the protectorate treaty and restoration of Sultan Mohammed ben Youssef who they say is the legal ruler. They want a new Moroccan government to negotiate with France and a public vote on Ben Youssef's return while Geneva talks continue.
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Aix Les Bains
France
Morocco
Istiqlal
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Edgar Faure
Geneva
Ahmed Balafrej
Faure
Balafrej
Ben Youssef
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Ben Moulay Arafa
Madagascar
National Assembly
North Africa
France Uses Eight Borrowed U S Helicopters In Africa
France relies on eight helicopters borrowed from the United States to fight insurgents in North Africa. Walter Reuther condemns the aid as supporting colonialism, while the State Department offers no immediate comment. France had earlier ordered helicopters and received a loan pending delivery. The request posed a dilemma for U S officials, who cited ally considerations.
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Washington
France
U. S
North Africa
Walter Reuther
CIO
State Department
Reuther
U.S
Ribicoff Denies Southern Plan to Lure Flooded CT Plants
Hartford Governor Ribicoff said he was shocked by reports Southern states sought Connecticut flood damaged industries. North and South Carolina officials and a D.C. administrator denied such moves, stressing they are not wooing stricken firms and that any relocation would be set long before the storms. Ribicoff voiced confidence manufacturers will rebuild in Connecticut.
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Hartford
Conn
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
New York World-Telegram & In
North Carolina
South Carolina
Ribicoff
Columbia
D.C
S. W. Gable
Able
Gable
State’ Development Board
New England
Ben E. Douglas
State Conservation and Development Department
North Caroer
Douglas
New York
Connie
Diane
Bomb Might Strengthen Hurricane
The Weather Bureau concluded that detonating an atomic bomb inside a hurricane would more likely increase the storm’s intensity than lessen it. Chief F W Reichelderfer noted the energy released by a hurricane far exceeds a Hiroshima-type bomb and that even a momentary stop would be followed by rapid recovery, with radioactive fallout risks also a concern.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Sen. Scott
D-Nc
Texas Petroleum
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
F. W. Reichelderfer
Johnson
Exas
A. L. Thomas
Gonzales
Hiroshima
Aso
Back to School Time With Local Opening Plans
The Enterprise outlines back to school preparations ahead of opening day in High Point, Thomasville, and nearby areas. It includes school plans, lists of teachers, clothing and supply needs, and guidance for students and parents.
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High Point
Thomasville
Edith strengthen into fifth hurricane Edith near Puerto Rico
The fifth hurricane of the year, Edith, was about 580 miles northeast of Puerto Rico with winds near 80 mph and expected to reach 125 to 135 mph by Saturday. Forecasters note Edith is smaller and more concentrated, likely moving west to northwest as it intensifies, with gales extending up to 150 miles north and east from the center. A separate weak easterly wave in the eastern Gulf shows no signs of tropical development.
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Miami
Fila
Edith
Gordon Dunn
Weather Bureau
Puerto Rico
Cape Hatteras
Connie
Diane
Dunn
Carolinas
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Canada
New Jersey
New York
Newland
Air Force
Cecil Gentry
Gulf of Mexico
Havana
Key West
Ami Weather Bureau
Schmidt And Wife Reunited In Oregon Absence Ends
Airman Daniel Schmidt and his wife Una reconciled after he returned from a Red Chinese prison. Una arrived in Portland and the couple were seen embracing at a beach resort and then went into seclusion. Their earlier California divorce filing and custody demand were not pursued after the reunion.
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Portland
Ore
Daniel Schmidt
Una
Oregon
Schmidt
California
Robert Thomas
Jay, Peters
Peters
U S and China Fail to Reach Prisoner Accord in Geneva
In Geneva US Ambassador U Alexis Johnson and Chinese envoy Wang Ping nan met for over two hours to discuss freeing 41 Americans detained in China but offered no agreement. A new meeting was announced for Saturday as spokesmen declined further comment. The US reportedly asked India to assist repatriation of Chinese signals if a deal is reached.
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Geneva
United States
China
U. Alexis Johnson
U. S
Prague
Wang Pingnan
Red China
Warsaw
Palace of Nations
New Delhi
Uni
India
United Sta
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