Tobacco Leaders Decry Presidential Veto on Price Support Bill
Creedmoor leader Tom W. Allen heads a strong tobacco bloc voicing disappointment after President Eisenhower vetoed a bill aimed at freezing price supports. North Carolina figures Fred Royster Carl Hicks L. T. Weeks and W. P. Hedrick condemn the veto and warn foreign sales could be jeopardized.
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Tom W. Allen
Creedmoor
State Grange
National Grange
Eisenhower
Fred Royster
Henderson
Bright Belt Warehouse Assn
Carl Hicks
Walstonburg
State Farm Bureau
L. T. Weeks
Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corp
Saturday TV schedule fragment with varied shows
A partial listing shows programs across day parts including boxing at 9 00 pm True Story at 12 0 0 am Mr Wizard at 12 90 and cartoons like Rin Tin Tin and Circus Boy along with News Weather and Sports.
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Discoverer satellite rocket fails to reach orbit at Vandenberg
Air Force reports its Discoverer test rocket did not achieve orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base California. The 78 foot Thor IRBM first stage and Bell Hustler second stage launched at 3 49 p m with no life aboard the fourth satellite. Tracking stations in Alaska could not track the trajectory over the North Pole about 90 minutes after launch.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Alaska
North Pole
Tobacco price support forces stabilization shift
A market assessment suggests higher tobacco prices will push more tobacco into Stabilization under the price support program. The analyst opines that rising costs will influence future allocation and policy response.
Thunderstorms Break Out In Muggy Heat
Storms erupt across the mid continent bringing heavy rain and damaging winds. Chicago reports severe flooding of underpasses with rainfall up to 4.58 inches in six hours. Lightning strikes damaged a church and a factory, with other buildings affected. Jacksonville Florida and parts of Texas also hit, winds up to 71 mph causing overturned aircraft and damage.
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Chicago
Jacksonville
Fla
Texas
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Fowlerton
Los Angeles
Nueces River
Montell
Uvalde County
Pacific Coast
California
Parkway Link Is Opened Linking Blue Ridge to Great Smokies
A formal dedication opened an 11 mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway linking Cherokee North Carolina to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. About 300 people attended as Elbert Cox of Richmond NPS Region 1 cut the ribbon with scissors carried by a pioneer woman.
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Blue Ridge Parkway
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Arsene Thompson
Ted Malone
Virginia
Great Smokies
Laurel Gap
Soco Gap
Elbert Cox
Richmond
National Park Service
Kansas
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