Cranberry and Cigarette Sales Plummet After Health Statement
Cranberries and cranberry products lose demand nationwide after a government warning about tainted berries. Cigarette sales stay steady despite cancer concerns from smoking. Public fear disrupts cranberry trade while cigarette commerce remains mostly unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oregon
Flemming
Carleton L. Pickett
Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation
Pickett
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
The New Imperialism and a World Map in Flux
The speaker argues a new Soviet led imperialism spans Asia to Africa, blending Russia and China into a universal state. Small nations face pressure from unions outside the UN as Great Powers negotiate summit deals, risking loss of independence in future wars or peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guinea
New York
Africa
Ghana
Soviet Russia
Russia
Red China
Asia
West Germany
Tibet
Tan
Sikkim
Ladakh
Nepal
India
China
Indian Ocean
United Nations
NATO
SEATO
CENTO
Eisenhower
Europe
Khrushchev
Labor Law Shifts State Jurisdiction After Taft-Hartley Change
States gain power over labor cases once outside the National Labor Relations Board. Effective Friday amendments restore state rights, affecting small retailers under $500,000 annual business. Courts may apply common law in weak regimes, hinting at renewed anti union injunctions and tougher organizing, especially in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Relations Board
Supreme Court
South
Friday the 13th folklore and local notes mix
A compact essay surveys the superstition around Friday the 13th with historical and mythic origins, naming Freya, Odin, and hangman Friday lore, plus modern sightings in sports and business. It then shifts to Greensboro hockey, High Pointer events, Wilder’s Furniture expansion, Pavane at Hecht Co, Youth Appreciation Week, Toastmasters, and East College Drive paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Sophia Steffan
Dot Lewis
Masonic Temple
Luther Earnhardt
Bill Hylton
California
Toastmasters International
Disneyland Hotel
Anaheim
East College Drive
College Village
Mitchell's October unemployment data and hat bet
The U S Labor Secretary James P Mitchell releases October unemployment figures amid a steel strike. He had predicted a 3 million unemployed total, tied to a dinner bet about the hat and the labor talks with union leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Labor
James P. Mitchell
Labor
Afl-Cio
Washington
George
Mitchell
Labor Department
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
R. Conrad Cooper
United States Steel
Iron Age Magazine
Clarence D. Long
Johns Hopkins University
Senate Committee
Living History Drive Proceeds Despite Bond Setback
Dr. Chris Crittenden and the North Carolina Department of Archives and History press ahead with restoration plans though a quarter million bond failed. Immediate museum work at Aycock and Vance birthplaces is postponed along with Bath and Brunswick sites as other projects like Alamance Battlefield are scaled back. The effort emphasizes tourism value and local investment as communities gain control of development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Living History
Chris Crittenden
Department of Archives and History
Crittenden
Charles B. Aycock
Zeb B. Vance
Bath
Old Brunswick
Alamance Battleground
Town Creek Indian Mound
North Carolina
Mount Vernon
Gettysburg
Williamsburg
Old Salem
Tryon Palace
Lost Colony
Horn
Lewis Copeland
Travel Council of
Travel Trade— Inc
Deep South
Bat Cave
Chimney Rock
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Arthur S. Flemming
U. S
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Qeor
Holt McPherson
Judas
Jesus
Christ
Adam
Eve
Garden of Eden
Tower of Babel
United States
Friday
Frey
Freya
Odin
Germany
Hell
Wilmington
Del
Isaac Harvey
Atlantic
Harvey
Isaac
Richard Wagner
Woodrow Wilson
France
Greensboro Generals
War Memorial Coliseum
Wilder's Furniture Company
Los Angeles
Heritage
Drexel
Beverly Hills
Hecht Co
Tomlinson
Baltimore
Census Bureau
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
Hodges
Hoey
Scott
John Bull
Great Britain
Uncle Sam
Franklin Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Capitol Building
Charles Pearson
cameTiss
High Point Enterprise
High Point of Enterprise, Inc
North Main 5 Point
N. Co
D. A. Rawley
R. B. Terry
Teerga
W. Patterson, JR
B. Loflin
Elacs
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