Flue Cured Tobacco Prices Ease on Carolinas Virginia Markets
Prices eased across flue cured tobacco on Carolinas Virginia markets last week as sales volume dipped though remaining heavy. The season ended on the South Carolina Border North Carolina Belt with 324,150,070 pounds sold at a record average of 65.39 per 100 pounds. Virginia North Carolina Old Belt sales totaled 33,469,066 pounds at 63.39, while Eastern Belt reached 51,286,630 pounds at 66.39 with minor declines from the prior week. Government price supports applied to about 11 percent of Eastern Belt and 5 percent Old Belt sales.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Virginia
Federal State Market News Service
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia-North Carolina
Old Belt
Middle Belt
Burned TV Newsman Treated After Sky-Dive Crash
John MacNeill III of Wilmington North Carolina was flown to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio Texas with serious burns after a cargo plane crashed at the start of a skydiving show. He suffered second and third degree burns over 35 percent of his body. Fellow injured include Army Pfc Robert McDonald and Jimmy Craig.
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San Antonio
Army Pfe
Robert McDonald
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Jimmy Craig
Wilmington
MacNeill
Craig
Wect-Tv
USS
North Carolina
Six Die and Two Hurt in Elizabethtown Collision
A head on crash near Elizabethtown North Carolina left six people dead and two injured in serious condition. The deceased include Kirby Kemp and Milderd Kemp of Clarkton and several Greensboro residents. The injured are the Kemp daughters Alfreida and Orrie Lee.
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Eliabethtown
N.C
Highway Patrol
Kirby Kemp
Rt. 1
Clarkton
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Chapelhill
Mildred Kemp
Cary Gene Rutledge
Robert Granville Bentley
Robert Major Bass
Greensboro
Robert J. Holder
Guilford College
Kemp
Alfreida
Orrie Lee
Portrait of O Max Gardner Unveiled at UNC
UNC in Chapel Hill unveiled a portrait of O Max Gardner a former governor US senator and ambassador to Great Britain. Speakers praised his role in uniting North Carolina State College Woman's College and the university into the Consolidated University of North Carolina. The portrait will hang in the president’s office.
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O. Max Gardner
Albert Murray
New York
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
N.C
U.S
Great Britain
Gardner
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
Woman's College
Greensboro
Frank P. Graham
United Nations
Gordon Gray
Graham
Consolidated University
William C. Friday
Sanford
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Gardners
O. Max Gardner III
Shelby
Cleveland County
Tanker Still Threatens Port as Fire Bares Waterfront Risk
The burning naval tanker Potomac loomed over Morehead City as oil and gasoline fumes fouled the New Port River. Fire flared with tides while officials ordered a bridge closure and warned against fires. One man killed, another missing, 23 injured. Coast Guard planned to let the tanker burn out unless containment became possible.
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Morehead City
N.C
Potomac
Newport River
North Carolina
Morehead City-Beaufort
Radio Island
Cmdr
George Philbrick
Coast Guard
Chilula
Navy
Communism Attacked At Christian Churches Meeting
At Kansas City the Inter national Convention of Christian Churches passes resolutions urging churches to study world communism and totalitarianism and to express Christian will on political social economic and other issues. Delegates travel from the United States and Canada to the gathering with about two million members in some eight thousand congregations.
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Kansas City
International Convention of Christian Churches
United States
Canada
Midwest
Denver Police Linked To Widespread Criminal Acts
Governor McNichols announced 20 more Denver Police Department members face charges amid a probe into burglary, receiving stolen property, theft, gambling and prostitution. The case expands to 35 officers implicated over 13 months, with Sheriff Roberts of Adams County also charged.
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Denver
Colo
Steve McNichols
McNichols
James E. Childers
Childers
Dick Jatterton
Batterton
Robert M. Roberts
Adams County
North Carolina Trade Fair Aims at Global Buyers in Charlotte
North Carolina promotes a European style trade fair in Charlotte October 12 to 21 to showcase Tar Heel products. About 302 exhibitors signaled, with 2000 buyers targeted, including international interests from Australia to the Netherlands. The event, funded by a $50,000 county contribution and local displays, will not use tax money.
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Charles L. West
Charlotte
North Carolina
Richard P. Mauney
Luther Hodges
U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Hodges
Europe
Terry Sanford
State Board of Conserva
Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte Merchandise Mart
Mauney
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
England
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
Henderson
U.S. Department of Commerce
Mecklenburg County
Sailors On Spree Battle In Subway
Two Coast Guardsmen just off their cutter after 40 days at sea started a spree in New York City on Friday night. They fought on a subway train and platform in Brooklyn causing panic and injuries to officers. The pair were jailed in Brooklyn on $1500 bail each and face felony court hearings.
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NEW York
Coast
Brooklyn
2.C
William Dycus
3.C
Henry Helfer
Dycus
Helfer
Staten Island
Spindale
N.C
Perry
Ill
Cycus
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