Birth-Rate Race May Dooms America to Rival Russia
A population expert warns America may face a birth-rate race to stay a first-rate power. He cites Russia's rising population and a falling US birth rate due to urbanization and industrialization, predicting the US could level off or shrink by mid century while Russia grows.
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Laymen finance to publish full state education report
A coalition led by educational groups in Raleigh voted to underwrite printing 10 000 copies of the state education commission’s full report at an estimated cost of 13000 dollars. The printer promises delivery by Christmas, following Governor Cherry’s refusal to authorize the complete report. The report covers a year's study and includes recommendations for school improvements. The coalition includes the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers and several state organizations.
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Leaf price shifts on old and middle belt tobacco markets
Raleigh November 23. Better tobaccos on the flue cured markets of the old and middle belts rose yesterday while poorer grades fell. Leaf on the old belt gained to four dollars per hundred pounds, while lugs and nondescript declined. In the middle belt a few quality grades showed changes as buyers watched market bids.
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Raleigh
State to pay man wrongfully imprisoned in North Carolina
Raleigh reports the state will compensate Marion Simmons now of Detroit two thousand two hundred fifty five dollars and fifty six cents for four and one half years in prison after a wrongful conviction. The council of state authorized the payment under a 1947 law that caps compensation at five thousand dollars total and five hundred dollars per year.
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North Carolina
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Detroit
Mich
Council of State
Student's Death Termed death by own action
Duplin county coroner C. B. Sitterson ruled Eloise Johnson a 15 year old Wallace high student died by her own action. Autopsy linked death to an intestinal ailment caused by drinking poison likely DDT after the girl drank an unlabeled fly spray insecticide. Her funeral was held yesterday.
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Duplin County
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Jack Johnson
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Boone
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Grain prices edge up on high grades while cheaper cuts fall
Prices show a small rise for higher quality grades but cheaper grades drop 25 cents to $3, reflecting mixed market signals.
Kitty Hawk Home Again Returns to Smithsonian Display
The Kitty Hawk, first passenger flown plane, arrives at the Smithsonian Institution in a navy van after years at Kensington Museum in London. The Wright brothers' craft will be displayed there December 17, marking the 45th anniversary of its maiden flight.
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Smithsonian Institute
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London
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Smithsonian
Samuel Langley
Wrights
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American Museum
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