Tobacco Prices Fall on North Carolina Virginia Belts Markets
The Federal State Market News Service reports flue cured tobacco on the North Carolina Virginia Old Belt and Middle Belt shows weak trends with light volume and no clear pattern. Eastern Belt closes season as Kinston Rocky Mount and Wilson markets end with a season average $61.21 per hundred pounds and weekly averages around $59.50.
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Associated Press
North Carolina - Virginia
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North Carolina Middle Belt
North Carolina Eastern Belt
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Rocky Mount
Wilson
Virginia
Middle Belt
Stabilization Corporation
Carthage
Ellerbe
Aberdeen
Carbine Williams In Hospital In North Carolina
David Marshall Carbine Williams, 66, famed inventor of the basic carbine patent used by the U S armed forces, lies critically ill in Betsy Johnson Hospital Dunn North Carolina. He conceived his weapon while imprisoned after a 1920 moonshine raid and later received a pardon. Williams held numerous gun patents and earned royalties from weapon makers.
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U.S
Angus McLean
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Betsy Johnson Hospital
Maggie Cook Williams
David M. Jr
Weapon Makers
James Stewart
Harrow Ban on Lady Chatterley Sparks School Debate
Harrow School warns its 600 pupils that reading Lady Chatterley’s Lover will be punished, despite the novel not being deemed obscene by a court. Headmaster R K James says the book contains naughty words not fit for young chaps, while rival schools allow student choice.
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London
Harrow
Winston Churchill
Lady Chatterley
D. H. Lawrence
R. K. James
Robert Birley
Democrat Leaders Clash Over Ballot Claims in Cleveland County
Cleveland County Democratic Chairman Virgil Weathers demanded William E. Cobb stop repeating alleged ballot withholding claims. Cobb stated that absentee ballots were withheld from Republicans in Cleveland and nearby counties. GOP Chairman Ere Cassedy later said Cobb did not claim ballots were withheld but noted the Elections Board chair was hard to reach.
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Shelby
N.C
Cleveland County
Virgil Weathers
William E. Cobb
Cobb
Cleveland
Cleveland Gop
Eree Cassedy
Elections Board
Ian
Thomasville High Seniors Win Class Honors and Activities
Thomasville High announces senior superlatives led by George Ann Ratton and Kirk Hinshaw as Best All Round. Linda Jones and Ronnie Craver Most Popular. Bonnie Orman and Ervin Lassister Most Dependable. Betty Jean Clodfelter and Bill Myers Best Sports. Delores Matthews and Jim Churchill Best Looking. Fer al Ann Welborn and Ronnie Freeman Best Dressed. Dawn Cagle and Bobby Williams Most Athletic. Charles Anna Parrish and Richard Hooker Most Courteous. Pam Kaney and Charles Secrest Friendliest. Judy Green and Jim Pennington Best Dancers. Virginia Yarborough and Larry Conrad Most Intellectual. Neil Hoyle and Bobby Jordan Most Likely to Succeed.
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George Ann Ratton
Kirk Hinshaw
Linda Jones
Ronnie Craver
Bonnie Orman
Ervin Lassister
Betty Jean Clodfelter
Bill Myers
Delores Matthews
Jim Churchill
Feral Ann Welborn
Ronnie Freeman
Dawn Cagle
Bobby Williams
Charles Anna Parrish
Richard Hooker
Pam Kaney
Charles Secrest
Judy Green
Jim Pennington
Virginia Yarborough
Larry Conrad
Neil Hoyle
Bobby Jordan
Man Charged With Murder in Shelby Cafe Stabbing
B F Lives, with a prior assault record and recent release from prison after a fatal 1957 shooting, faces a murder charge in the stabbing death of 25 year old George Moore at a Shelby cafe. A warrant for assault on a woman was out at the time of the incident.
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Shelby
N.C
B. F. Lives
George Moore
C. Durham
Anti Catholic Ad Draws Rebuke From NC Political Leaders
North Carolina Democratic Chairman Bert Bennett condemned an anti Catholic newspaper ad signed by Craven county Republican chairman W B Rouse who has run Craven GOP since 1919. Bennett and state Republican Chairman William Cobb denounced the ad as hate literature and said the party disassociates itself from it. The ad warned against electing a Catholic president while Democratic candidate John F Kennedy is Catholic. Bennett urged voters to consider the man and the party rather than religion in the race for the presidency amid charges of hypocrisy and religious prejudice.
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Raleigh
Craven County
Bert Bennett
William Cobb
Bennett
North Carolina
New Bern
W. B. Rouse
John F. Kennedy
Rouse
Craven
Cobb
Republican Party
North Caro
Lost Valentine Found by Post Office Move in Illinois
Seven years after a Valentine greeting for Tommy Joe Davis in Lincoln Illinois a post office move uncovered the card behind a cabinet. Postmaster Floyd Durst discovered the item in August 1960 while relocating the cabinet for a new one.
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Lincoln, Ill
Tommy Joe Davis
Valentine
Floyd Durst
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