Safe Driver Discount Proposed In North Carolina
State Insurance Department heard a plan for a 10 percent auto liability rate cut for most Tar Heel drivers based on three years of good records. Details set point levels from one to four or more to adjust premiums, with 25 to 150 percent increases for accidents and violations.
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Raleigh
Paul Mize
North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office
Les Gold
Mize
North Carolina Fire Insurance Rating Bureau
Gold
District of Columbia
South Carolina
Buyers and Manufacturers Report Strong Summer Furniture Market
The Southern furniture market opens with optimistic mood as buyers and manufacturers describe the start as good to excellent. Rhodes Furniture Stores and other retailers report strong buyer turnout and new accounts, with orders largely in carload quantities.
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C. D. Collins
Rhodes Furniture Stores
Atlanta
Rhodes
Collins
Exposition Building
High Point
A. R. Showalter
Atlanta, Ga
Bigelow Carpet Co
Southern Furniture and Rug
Red China and North Korea sign mutual assistance pact
In Peiping Premier Chou En-lai and Kim Il-sung formalize a seven article treaty pledging military aid if either is attacked. They also agree to consult on international questions and to provide economic and technical aid while opposing alliances against each other. The pact supports a peaceful, democratic unification of Korea.
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Tokyo
Chi‘ina
North Korea
Chou En-lai
China
Kim Il-sung
Peiping
New China
Soviet Union
Korea
Red China
Asia
Moscow
Kim
Liu Shao-Chi
Far East
Factory Worker Earnings Jump To Record In June
June saw factory workers earning a record $94.24 weekly as hours rose above 40 on average. Employment climbed 240 000 in June to 16 million with gains in steel autos and related industries amid a broader upturn in the economy.
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Washington
Seymour Wolfbein
Labor Department
Leaders press defense and foreign aid in Kennedy talks
President Kennedy and Congress push defense and a $4.8 billion foreign aid plan amid Khrushchev saber rattling. Rayburn and Mansfield vow support, with focus on boosting efficiency and Berlin light, while Pentagon reviews budget and lawmakers urge spending for readiness.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Soviet Union
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Khrushchev
Pentagon
Berlin
Germany
Defense Department
U.S
Mothers Speak In Summer Terms For Fathers
Mothers outline a playful summer glossary of household roles and conflicts from the Elmira Star-Gazette. The piece highlights maternal strategies on camp schedules, backyard disputes, and family routines with humor and period voice.
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Kathy Small
Elmira Star - Gazette
Elmira
N. Y
Peace Corps
Astronaut Prepares For Trip In Final Mercury Prep Week
NASA narrows the likely pilot for America second manned space flight as Air Force Capt. Virgil I. Grissom trains with Marine Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. as backup. The plan aims to replicate Shepard's May flight with a July 18 target and four trained pilots for orbital missions late 1961 or 1962.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
John H. Glenn Jr
National Aeronautics and ‘Space Administration
Navy
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
Atlantic
Space Agency
Grissom
Glenn
Mercury Control Center
Redstone
Mitchell, Ind
Girl Survives Ordeal on Rocky Oregon Coast
Twelve year old Becky Reeverlost endured a three day isolation on the Oregon coast with almost no water before a helicopter crew, navigating fog, landed on a rocky beach to rescue her. She is now in a Seaside hospital recovering as her family praises rescuers. Neighbor Anio Rautio of Seaside spotted the girl and provided food and water during the search.
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Beck Reever
Seaside
Ore
Bellaire
Tex
Arrow
Becky Reever
Oregon
Becky
William Roever
Peter Long
Oregon Coast
Houston
Anio Rautio
Rautio
Yuri Gagarin Receives Mixed Welcome in London
Soviet spaceman Yuri Gagarin drew cheering crowds as he toured London on a private visit. Despite a modest official welcome, thousands lined a 15 mile route into the city and dignitaries invited him to Mansion House Buckingham Palace, extending his London stay.
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London
Kennedy
Gagarin
Bernard Waley-Cohen
Mansion House
Harold Macmillan
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Francis Turnbull
Lord Hailsham
Science Ministry
Daily Mirror
Daily Mail
West
Finland
Caracas Leftists Demonstrate Halt Traffic in Protest
In Caracas, leftist demonstrators blocked buses and streets Monday night, handing out leaflets demanding removal of President Romulo Betancourt's government. Police dispersed the unrest with tear gas.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
TVA Okays Lower Rate For Power
TVA directors announced a new Norris centennial rate at a White House ceremony, yielding 8 percent plus savings for home farm and commercial users. The rate, named for Senator Norris, coincides with his 100th birthday anniversary observed by Congress members and leaders in the TVA region.
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Congress
TVA
Kennedy
Nebraska
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Kentucky
North Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
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Charles Lewis
Rate Office
Char
Nes
Bigeon
P. T. Hines Jr
R. E. Wilgus
Joe Rawley
Rayburn
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
George D. Aiden
R-Vt
Howard Benedict
Yuri
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