Renoir art vanishes en route to owner in transit mixup
Detroit based customs agents search for a Renoir oil The Lady in a Flowered Hat valued over 100000 dollars and insured for 150000 after the crate disappears between London and Minneapolis The case arrives at Detroit and Minneapolis before being opened empty by Samuel Maslon the owner He had sent the work to Christies for possible sale but says it had not been sold
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Detroit
U.S
London
Minneapolis
Samuel
Maton
Christies
Masson
Renoir
Cost Price Squeeze Closes Plywood Mills
Tacoma AP reports a nationwide cost price squeeze shuts down nine plywood mills now and more than 25 cut production. About 2,500 workers are laid off and 1,500 face reduced weeks as home building slows and log prices stay high. Closures hit Ft Vancouver Plywood in Vancouver and several mills in Oregon and Washington.
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Tacoma, Wash
Bronson Lewis
American Plywood Association
Lewis
Pacific Northwest
South
Ft. Vancouver Plywood Co
Vancouver
Wash
Simpson Timber Co
Linnton Plywood Association
Portland
Oregon- Washington Plywood Co
Garibaldi
Klamath Falls
Stevenson
Multnomah
Simpson Mills
Shelton
Phillips backs management idea for schools in NC
North Carolina state superintendent Dr Craig Phillips defended using management techniques in public school administration. He said the concept aims to build a closer working relationship between teachers and administrators and denied plans to split the education group. He noted the policy has been developed over years and should continue.
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Raleigh
Craig Phillips
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Phillips
State Board of Education
Dallas Herring
North Carolina Association of Educators
Unfair Labor Practices, Says Union
Western Electric Co is accused of unfair labor practices over about 1000 layoffs at three North Carolina plants Burlington Greensboro and Winston-Salem. The Communications Workers of America says the company did not bargain with or notify the union about layoffs tied to a strike by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers at other sites.
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Burlington, N.C
Western Electric Co
North Carolina
Communications Workers of America
Western Electric
Burlington
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Arnie E. Yates
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Utility Probe In Virginia Over Power Surcharge
The Virginia Electric and Power Co. seeks an emergency surcharge to raise 127.3 million dollars a year. The State Corporation Commission opens a study of Vepco operations before a September 13 hearing to ensure costs and construction are necessary to serve the public. The investigation aims to justify rising customer rates amid higher operating costs and the utility’s construction program.
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Richmond
Virginia Electric and Power Co
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
SCC
Vepco
N C V Leaf Prices Steady Across Belt Markets
Raleigh AP reports NC and VA cured tobacco prices held steady as week sales near end. Border Belt daily average rose 13 cents to 109.75 per 100 pounds on 4.8 million pounds. Eastern Belt averaged 108.79 on 6.9 million. Old and Middle belts 103.08 on 6.9 million. Season totals show Border 149.7 million pounds at 97.69, Eastern 166.3 at 97.78, Old and Middle 86.6 at 96.20.
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Raleigh
UNN
Carolinas
Virginia
Federal State Market News Service
South Carolina
Too little rain hurts corn. soybeans may gain
Midwest rain falls too late to save corn crops though soybeans may benefit. The USDA projects higher 1974 food prices, with dairy and meat costs rising as feed prices climb. Europe plans 10 percent cut in U.S. corn purchases, aiming to ease U.S. supply stresses while a September crop report looms.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Midwest
Europe
Petrus Lardinois
U.S
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Renoir Art
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Herring Saithe
NCAE
A.C. Dawson
Ncae Board of
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Lexington
Seafood
North Main St
Vic
Amust
Asher Fadof
THE
RED House Furniture & Appliance CO
South Elm Street
PT Ala
SOL Wes
Sssiee Blades
N.C
Lardinois
Washington, D.C
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Greensboro Rd
Mickey
Fish House
High Point
College Village
South Main Street
Greenview
S. Main
S. Elm Stamey
Philco Refrigerator
Philco
Ralph
Barry Owens
Ralph's TV Uo
East Washington
Ralph Saunders
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