Gulf Oil Cuts NC Gasoline Prices Five Cents
Gulf Oil Corp reduces its North Carolina gasoline price by five cents a gallon with several other majors signaling follow suit. F C Rogers Charlotte district manager cited competing dealer prices of 26.9 cents and the June 1 Gulf announcement to uphold fair trade and protect brand names and dealers from price wars.
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Charlotte
Gulf Oil Corp
North Carolina
F. C. Rogers
Gulf
Concord
Kannapolis
Salisbury
Seawell
Raleigh
Eisenhower weighs nonmilitary budget toward 40 billion goal
President Eisenhower and Budget Director Maurice Stans visit Augusta to refine the 1961 nonmilitary budget totaling about 38 billion with expected increases for space, aviation and housing programs. Military spending is tentatively set near 41 billion, pushing the total past 80 billion for 1961.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Maurice H. Stans
Washington
Staats
Development Loan
Conservation Reserve For Agriculture
Stans
Plan Approved To Release Cranberries For Thanksgiving
Washington AP reports the federal plan to release uncontaminated cranberries for Thanksgiving. Flemming says four million pounds tested and cleared, labeled Examined and passed by FDA. The plan requires proper testing across marketing stages and approved labels for consumer assurance.
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Washington
Arthur S. Flemming
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Food and Drug Administration
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Flemming
Youth Tells How He Killed But Not Why
The Palm Springs area faces a murder case as a youth, likely to be arraigned today, in the death of 42 year old Lillian Lenorak whose body was found on a desert road near Palm Springs on November 8. The suspect, an Olympic diving and swimming star, provided details on the killing but questions remain about his motive.
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Ely
Congress
Eisenhower
Augusta
Palm Springs
Calif
St. Olympic
Lillian Lenorak
Norman Thomas Turns 75 Still Battling Poverty and War
The veteran socialist leader Norman Thomas, aged 75, observes his birthday in New York. He continues his lifelong work advocating for economic justice and peace, insisting the fight for human dignity gives life its meaning.
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Thomas
NEW York
Norman Thomas
American Income Rises for October Despite Steel Strike
U S Commerce Department reports total personal income in October at an annual rate near 381.9 billion dollars, up for a second straight month. Farm income climbs 0.5 billion to 13.9 billion, government benefits rise 0.3 billion, and interest income up 0.3 billion as wages fall 0.2 billion.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Nies
Iemandhip Ena Bilien
Adenauer Visit Clears Air in Britain Talks
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer completes a Britain visit seen easing possible trade clashes between the six nation European Common Market and the Outer Seven bloc led by Britain. Both leaders outline discussion topics for East West talks including disarmament Germany and Berlin. The Kremlin warns Adenauer may worsen East West relations while Britain assures Berlin will be treated as part of a united German question. Early in the visit Macmillan agrees Berlin will be considered in a broader German issue rather than a separate agreement.
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Tom Ochiltree
London
Konrad Adenauer
Britain
West Germany
Germany
Berlin
Kremlin
Adenauer
Macmillan
Reds Build Airports in India Amid Kashmir Dispute
New Delhi AP dispatch reports India plans to develop airports in the Ladakh region as Prime Minister Nehru states Indian forces can part the Kashmir district disputed by India and Pakistan.
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Reds
India
New Delhi
Nehru
Ladakh
Kashmir
Soviets Louder Optimistic Tone on East West Summit
Washington reports the Soviet Union adopts a more optimistic stance on the East West summit, aiming to press Western powers for concessions and hoping for concrete German peace talks. In contrast US officials doubt any German peace settlement will be reached for years, while Secretary Herter talks of possible ground rules to temper the arms race and ease tensions.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Moscow
Tass
Mit
Germany
Herter
New York
West Berlin
Steel Industry Submits New Contract Proposal
The steel industry submitted a 30 cent hourly package over three years to the United Steelworkers Union. Kaiser Steel reached a separate 22 and a half cent deal over 20 months, with insurance and pensions, while the new proposal limits work rule studies to under a year. No immediate union comment.
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Steel Industry
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Associated Press
Basic Steel Industry Today
Kaiser Steel Corp
Kaiser
USW
David J. McDonald
Mikoyan Uses A Soft Sell On Mexico
In Mexico City Soviet first deputy premier Anastas Mikoyan arrived to open a Soviet trade and science exhibit while signaling a soft approach to expanding trade. Foreign Minister Manuel Tello said Mikoyan explained his government's policy and cultural ties as part of a broader Kremlin effort to increase Latin American economic penetration.
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Mexico City
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Mexico
Manuel Tello
Tello
Mikoyan
Varijand
Kremlin
Latin
Mahon Warns Against Complacent Defense Posture
Washington AP reports House defense subcommittee chairman Rep. George H. Mahon warns against substituting complacency for tensions in U S security. He notes no real drop in danger despite Khrushchev visit and calls for continued alertness as plans include manpower cuts but higher missile funding.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations
Rep
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Mahon
Nikita Khrushchev
Ars
Gerald R. Ford Jr
R-Mich
Secretary of Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Makepeace Named Hodges Secretarial Aide in Raleigh
Harold Makepeace will leave the secondary roads post to become Gov. Hodges private secretary succeeding Ed Rankin Jr Rankin leaves Jan 1 to join a Greensboro Raleigh public relations firm headed by John Harden John P Swain of Raleigh will replace Makepeace Swain longtime Wake County official former chairman and NC Association of County Commissioners president now runs Credit Bureau of Leigh Babcock State Highway Director announced Swains appointment as secondary roads officer to oversee work on more than 58000 miles of roads in the Raleigh area They have three children
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Raleigh
Harold Makepeace
Ed Rankin Jr
Hodges
John P. Swain
Makepeace
W. F. Babcock
Rankin
John Harden Associates
Greensboro
Swain
Lagrange
Wake County Board of Commissioners
North Carolina Assn. of
Credit Bureau of
Leigh
Babcock
Allen
Hodges Says State Missed Ports Investment Opportunity
Governor Hodges told a Raleigh news conference that North Carolina lagged in port development for Wilmington and Morehead City. He said more capital improvements were needed as Charleston Port handles growing business, and noted the upcoming statewide bond election and GOP board appointments discussed during his Europe industry trip.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Wilmington
Morehead City
Charleston
Europe
William E. Cobb
State Board of Elections
Republican Executive Committee
State Board
Republican Board
William T. McShane
Hendersonville
H. M. Mallard
Trenton
Tar Heels
State Ports Authority
Conservation and Development Department
Een
Orm
Former GM Executive Killed in Duck Hunting Accident
Harlow H. Curtice, 66, drove with friends after the blast that killed Harry W. Anderson, 67, a retired GM vice president, during a duck hunt on Ste. Anne's Island in the St. Clair River between the U S and Canada. The Lambton County Coroner will decide on an inquest after police complete their investigation.
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Walpole Island
Ont
Harlow H. Curtice
St. Clair River
Harry Anderson
Curtice
Ontario
Harry W. Anderson
Ste. Anne’s Island
United States
Canada
Anderson
United Auto
Lambton County
C.A. Henrich
Flint
Mich
Tar Heel Warming Trend Ends Early Cold Snap
The Weather Bureau expects a warming trend to replace the early November cold snap in North Carolina. Nightly lows ranged from 23 to 30 across cities including Hickory 26 and Cape Hatteras 30, as high pressure shifts and a Canada-origin cold surge weakens.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Hickory
Asheville
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Elizabeth City
New Bern
Wilmington
Cape Hatteras
Raleigh-Durham
Greensboro
New England
Texas
Appalachians
Canada
Great Lakes
Carolinas
S. C. Judge Henderson Dies at 73 in Bamberg
Bamberg South Carolina AP reports Judge Henderson aged 73 was found dead in bed at his Bamberg home by family. He retired in 1958 but was recalled to hold court in Winnsboro this week after falling ill, elected to the Second Judicial District in 1940 while serving as Bamberg County senator.
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S.C
Henderson
Winnsboro
General Assembly
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