Life in Soviet cities shows rare comforts amid shortages
A visitor observes Moscow life in 1960s housing and prices, noting private rooms and rising construction since 1956, with rationed goods such as toothpaste, shoes, and lemons. He contrasts luxury lines with limits on consumer goods and reflects on Stalin’s tomb and legacy.
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Leningrad
Rostov-on-Don
Moscow
Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Stalin
Congress
The
Lenin
Old Red Square
J. Stalin
Three Killed In Catawba County Highway Collisions
Newton man George Newton 10 miles south of Newton on Highway 16 crossed into the opposite lane and died at once. Mrs Maynard Anthony 27 died hours later from injuries after colliding with Newton's car. In a separate crash Harlan Robert Adams 66 was struck and killed on Highway 10 west of Catawba. Anthony, a Charlotte hair stylist, was listed in critical condition.
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George Lee Newton
Rt. 3
Vail
Newton
Rt. 1
Charlotte
Harlan Robert Adams
Highway 10
Catawba
North Carolina merchants draft blue law to curb Sunday sales
The North Carolina Merchants Association drafts a state wide blue law to override Supreme Court objections to Sunday commerce restrictions. Executive vice president Thompson Greenwood says the measure parallels a Pennsylvania statute and aims to ban Sunday sales by discount houses nationwide without local opt outs.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Merchants Association
General Assembly
Thompson Greenwood
State Supreme Court
Greenwood
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Communist Movement
Bidault Interview Strains Britain France Ties
In London, Georges Bidault of the CNR accuses De Gaulle and vows revolt in a taped BBC interview seen as a threat to French leadership. French officials condemn the program as a possible breach of asylum norms amid questions of Bidault’s entry to Britain and possible government complicity.
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Georges Bidault
Britain
France
British Broadcasting Corp
Charles de Gaulle
Bidault
National Council of the Resistance
CNR
de Gaulle
BBC
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Inter
Bier
Vidault
Gaulle
Church Treasurer Charged With Embezzling
PITTSBURGH AP The Grace Lutheran Church treasurer Harold Clemm in his late 50s was arrested on embezzlement charges. Officials say he took between 10000 and 15000 dollars during five years as church bookkeeper and lies in Allegheny County jail on a 5000 dollar bond.
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Pittsburgh
Broughton
Grace Lutheran Church
Harold Clemm
Clemm
Allegheny County
Colonaid Promises Overnight Relief For Tense Colon Nerves
An advertisement claims COLONAID combines nerve stimulation, re bulking action, and moisturizing to relax the colon and ease constipation overnight. It touts three benefits including stimulating the colonic nerve network, re toning tense muscles, and gentle relief for expectant mothers with an introductory price of 43 cents.
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Auerbach
Colonaid
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Davis Patrol & Watchman
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United States
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Sai
Joan Bennett
Joan
Campana Corp
Batavia, Ill
By Anthony White
the Guardian
Churchill
Pendence
Montlieu Hardware
Corning
Wachovia
Wachovia Trust
Wachovia Bank & Trust Company
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