Two Fireworks Explosions Kill Over 100 in Brazil
Fireworks stores in Salvador Bahia state triggered two blasts during Saints John Anthony and Peter festivities. The blasts killed about 100 and injured 340, with Santo Amaro and Feira de Santana towns worst hit. Authorities ordered a fireworks ban as roads and medical aid strained.
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Salvador
Brazil
Bahia State
Rio de Janeiro
John, Anthony
Peter
Santo Amaro
Feira de Santana
Hoffa Acquitted in Wiretap Conspiracy Case
New York AP report says Teamsters President James R. Hoffa and two co defendants were found not guilty of conspiring to wiretap the union. Owen B. Brennan of Detroit Local 337 and Bernard Spindel, a professional wiretapper, were acquitted as well. Conviction could have carried up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The government alleged 1953 Detroit headquarters wiretaps aimed at eavesdropping on union subordinates.
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New York
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Owen B. Brennan
Detroit Teamsters Local 337
Bernard Spindel
Detroit
Graduate New Champ Talker wins long gabfest in North Carolina
Miss Sue Huron a Duquesne University June graduate from Pittsburgh set a new North Carolina talking record by a 92 hour monologue to win a furniture store WFAI contest in Fayetteville earning 2000 dollars in prizes and a Florida vacation. Edith Fisher held the prior 91 hour mark at Rocky Mount.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Sue Huron
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, Pa
Miss Huron
North Carolina
Edith Fisher
Rocky Mount
Olga Bogle
WFAI
Florida
Cotton Research Planned
The United States Department of Agriculture and Clemson College announced a joint plan to establish a pilot cotton spinning laboratory. Supported by the cotton industry and the Cotton and Cottonseed Research and Marketing Advisory Committee, the project aims to expand markets, improve grading standards, assess handling effects, and evaluate mill performance across research areas from breeding to cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Clemson College
Department
Cotton and Cottonseed Research and Marketing Advisory Committee
Cost of living edges up while food prices hold steady
Washington reports the consumer price index rose a tenth of a percent to 123.6 with May food costs flat for the first time since November. The rise affects about 850,000 workers in several industries with automatic pay boosts and escalator raises tied to the living cost increase. Gasoline, used cars push prices higher while new cars and tires ease. medical care costs rise as Blue Cross premiums climb.
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Washington
Labor Department
Detroit
Blue Cross
San Francisco
Kansas City
Hersey E. Riley
Senate subcommittee weighs 25000 survey for NC inlets
The Senate Appropriations public works subcommittee reviews a 25000 request to survey two North Carolina inlets and assess the feasibility of deepening their channels.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On Public Works
North Carolina
Aunt Pinky Retires at 107 After Long Service
In Concord North Carolina Aunt Pinky Gaines 107 has retired from Cabarrus Memorial Hospital citing stiff knees as the reason. Born in 1851 she recalls Civil War-era labor and later worked as a practical nurse and kitchen worker. She plans to visit the beach again despite not liking swimsuits.
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Concord
N.C
Pinky” Gaines
Cabarrus Memorial Hospital
Welfare Department
Pinky
Frank Green
Social Security Administration
Charlotte
Badin
Louise Harkey
Cabarrus Memorial
Hodges Urges Savings and Loan Help for NC Business Corp
Governor Hodges urged North Carolina Savings and Loan Associations to boost participation in the state Business Development Corp. He noted 148 associations could contribute nearly 2.5 million dollars, with only four currently members and pledges totaling 50,000. The program has approved over 4.8 million in loans since 1956, mainly for plant expansion and machinery.
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Asheville
Hodges
North Carolina
North Carolina Savings and Loan League
Savings and Loan
Attorney General's Office
Tar Heels Begin Iowa Farm Tour
About 150 North Carolina bankers and agricultural leaders started a full day tour of Iowa farm communities to study diversified livestock methods and bolster income in tobacco and cotton regions. They visit Buck Farm, Harvey Lawton and Mears farms, Pride View and Maple Stock Farm, and meet at Sioux City Livestock Exchange.
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Des Moines
Iowa
North Carolina
Robert K. Buck
Waukee
Harvey Lawton
Harold Mears
Jefferson
Pride View
Maple
Ida Grove
Sioux City
Edmund Aycock
Raleigh
Bill Ditz
Polk City
J. H. Hilton
Iowa State College
Hickory
N.C
Wayne A. Corpening
Wachovia Bank & Trust, Co
Southeast
Midwest
Corpening
Insurance Hearing Opens In Raleigh On Auto Rate Hike
A State Insurance Commission hearing opened in Raleigh with E. E. Murray of the National Bureau of Consulting Underwriters testifying on the North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office proposal. The revision, based on 1955 and 1956 experience, would raise liability rates about 19.9 percent statewide, with Cumberland County facing a 50 percent jump and some areas about $7 annually for most motorists, $18 in Cumberland. The change, if approved, would add more than four million dollars to annual premiums, boosted by new cars under the compulsory financial responsibility act.
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Raleigh
State Insurance Commission
E. E. Murray
National Bureau of Consulting Underwriters
North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office
Murray
United States
Cumberland County
Cumberland
SEC Praised By Probers Counsel In Adams Case
Western officials report Russia signaled willingness to use its 70 seismograph stations to help detect secret nuclear tests. The top U S and allied scientists lead talks in Geneva on techniques and systems for test detection while political questions like China’s role are deferred. Dr James B Fisk heads the Western delegation with Drs Robert F Bacher and Ernest C Lawrence.
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SEC
Adams
Washington
Russia
Geneva
U. S
United States
State Department
West
James B. Fisk
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Robert F. Bacher
California Institute of Technology
Ernest C. Lawrence
University of California
Soviet adds guard to Canadian Embassy amid embassy protests
Moscow AP reports two more militiamen posted outside the Canadian Embassy as demonstrations abroad appear unlikely against Canadian and American embassies. Protesters in other capitals have attacked Soviet missions over Hungary’s 1956 leaders. Police dispersed a 1,500-strong Danish and West German protest earlier with force. Copenhagen and Bonn incidents had limited Soviet press coverage.
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Moscow
Ottawa
U.S
Copenhagen
Bonn
New York
Imre Nagy
Employment On Upswing In North Carolina
North Carolina work figures rise as the Employment Security Commission reports improved hiring. Continuing benefits stayed under 60,000 for the third straight week, with 2,500 fewer claims than the prior week and 3,014 fewer than two weeks earlier. Initial claims fell from 10,374 to 9,468 for the weeks ending June 14 and June 21. Gains appeared in hosiery, food products, construction, apparel, and furniture sectors.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Henry E. Kendall
The
Employment Security Commission
Kendall
ESC
Economy Strong In Southeast in First Quarter 1958
The U S Department of Commerce reports a generally strong southeast economy in Q1 1958 with gains in banking deposits up about 4 percent to 15 percent of a billion, modest retail buying declines offset by wholesale gains in foods drugs and automotive equipment, and Southeast airlines carrying 1.3 million passengers, up 2 percent from 1957.
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Atlanta
SAP
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Georgia
Carolinas
Tennessee
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Merrill C. Lofton
Department
Federal Reserve
United States
Southeast
Trujillo Yacht Shifts Port Amid Bomb Rumor
The private navy of Gen. Rafael Trujillo Jr. anchored after a sudden shift of port following reports of a bomb aboard the yacht Angelita. The crew left Los Angeles Harbor in confusion. a 12,000 dollar Mercedes was left behind. Rex Torbert, 60, was booked for making a false bomb report.
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Rafael Trujillo Jr
Los Angeles Harbor
Santa Monica
Calif
Angelita
Gabor
Trujillo
Ramon Julio Didier Burgos
Rex Torbert
Favored Treatment Denied in Goldfine Case Inquiry
Washington reports that the SEC received praise from a House subcommittee counsel for integrity amid questions over Bernard Goldfine matters. Edward N. Gadsby denied SEC favoritism after a 1956 White House call tied to Sherman Adams, while Gerald D. Morgan led the White House inquiry into Goldfine holdings and SEC actions against East Boston Co.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
House
Bernard Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Lishman
SEC
Edward N. Gadsby
Goldfine
Boston
White House
Adams
Gadsby
Morgan
Gerald D. Morgan
East Boston Co
Federal Trade Commission
Tar Heel publisher Ed Anderson dies at 52 in Brevard
Ed M. Anderson publisher of five newspapers and tied to four Western North Carolina radio stations died at 4 15 a.m. in Transylvania Community Hospital after a heart attack. He led the National Editorial Assn in 1954 55 and the North Carolina Press Assn in 1942, helped found Ashe County Community Hospital, and served Brevard College and Brevard Music Foundation as a trustee. Survivors include his widow Steh n Williams Anderson, daughter Billie, a brother John S. Anderson Jr., and his father John Anderson Sr.
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Brevard
N.C
Ed M. Anderson
North Carolina
Transylvania Community Hospital
Anderson
National Editorial Assn
United States
North Carolina Press Assn
North Carolina Assn. of
Ashe County
West Jefferson
Brevard College
Brevard Music Foundation
Rockingham County
Reidsville
University of North Carolina
SteHn Williams Anderson
Billie
John S. Anderson Jr
John Anderson Sr
Transylvania Times
Forest City Courier
Forest City
Spindale Sun
Spindale
Skyland Post
Allegheny News
Sparta
WBBO
WPNF
Marion and
Elkin
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