Ban Studied Radio TV Ad Cleanup Urged
Washington AP A government industry conference planned for November 30 to develop teamwork to ban deceptive advertising on radio and TV. FTC Chairman Earl Kintner invited NBC CBS ABC and NACB heads plus the VY Code Board of Review and observers from FCC and the attorney general. The aim is a workable action plan to curb commercial deception on airwaves with industry support and enforcement.
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Washington
Earl W. Kintner
Federal Trade Commission
National Broadcasting Co
Columbia System
American Broadcasting Co
National Assn. of Broadcasters
VY Code Board of Review
Hai Communications Commission
Attorney General
Kintner
Mutual Broadcasting System
Prices Decline In Leaf Marts On Two-State Belt
Prices show a season decline across leaf markets as 10 of 20 markets close on the Virginia Old Belt two-state belt. Auctions shifted to Friday due to Thanksgiving, with weekly sales totaling 12 047 617 pounds and a season average of 50.16 per hundred. deliveries to the Flue cured Stabilization Corp rose to 18.2 cents with season deliveries up 11 percent.
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Associated Press
delina-Virginia Old Belt
Stabilization Corporation
Federal State Market News Service
Minimum Wage Law Supported by State Official
Raleigh AP reports State Personnel Director John W. McDevitt favors applying the new minimum wage law to state employees. The law sets a 75 cent per hour minimum starting Jan 1, but the attorney general says state and local workers are not covered. McDevitt notes 32,000 salaries show the lowest at 91 cents per hour.
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Raleigh
John W. McDevitt
State Personnel Department
Attorney General's Office
McDevitt
Former Banker Paul Montague Dies at Home in Winston-Salem
Paul Nissen Montague a former senior vice president of Wachovia Bank died at his Winston-Salem home after a period of ill health He was a World War I pilot and a high ranking World War II Army Air Force officer Native of Forsyth County he attended Salem High School and the University of North Carolina.
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Winston -Salem
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
Paul Nissen Montague
Forsyth County
Salem Salem Boys, School
University of North,Carolina
I Loved Her Man Proclaims Acquittal in Slaying Case
Baker, a 5-3 sawmill worker, is acquitted in the kiss of death slaying of his sweetheart Mrs. Viola Parker, who died during a hunting trip. He testified the rifle discharged accidentally as she leaned to kiss him, while witnesses said the gun fired by accident in the past. The all male jury deliberated three hours after Friday’s recess. Baker said he loved Parker and would have married her after divorce.
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Lexington
N.C
Superior Court
Baker
Viola Lankford Parker
George Jordan
Joe Bailey
Denton
Parker
Carpenters Overcome By Gas On Freed Freighter
Five Baltimore carpenters working on shoring in a freighter hold at a Pennsylvan ia Railroad pier Canton section were overcome by an unidentified gas. One man fractured a wrist and elbow after falling 37 feet from a ladder. A chemist began gas analysis as Richard Jenkins 22 Frank Malikowski 42 Joseph Slowski 43 James Niemeyzk 50 and Charles Vesely 41 were treated or observed. The ship had traveled from San Nicolas Argentina via Norfolk Virginia with a general cargo.
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Baltimore
Eee
Pennsylvania Railroad
Richard Jenkins
Frank Malikowski
Joseph Slowski
James Niemeyzk
Charles Vesely
Slowsi
City Hospital
Canton
San Nicholas
Argentina
Norfolk
Tropic Birds Noted For Long Wingspan And Length
Describes tropical birds found worldwide with about 40 inch body length and wingspans reaching seven or eight feet.
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Tropics
TVA reports 50 million profit on power sales for year
The Tennessee Valley Authority posted a net profit of 50.8 million on power sales for the fiscal year ended June 30. Total revenues rose about four million, but profits fell 4.1 million due to higher use of steam plants. The AEC and other federal agencies bought 108.2 million in electricity.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
The
Atomic Energy Commission
TVA
AEC
Captain Gray sails to circle world on Columbia ship
Captain Robert Gray of Triverton Rhode Island became the first to circumnavigate with the American flag. He completed the voyage from 1789 to 1796 aboard the Columbia and repeated the journey from 1791 to 1793.
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Robert Gray
Triverton, R.I
Columbia
Chippewas and Potawatomi Entered 42 Treaties Each
The Chippewas and the Potawatomi negotiated more treaties with the U S government than any other tribe or group, with each entering into 42 agreements.
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U.S
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