Kiwanis District Convention Seen in North and South Carolina
Around 800 to 1,000 Kiwanis members from the two-state area are expected to attend the Carolinas District Convention in Raleigh. J R Whitey Wilthuhn of Raleigh, the president elect of Kiwanis International, will be one of the speakers at the event held in mid October.
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Raleigh
Civic Club
Carolinas
J. R. (Whitey) Wilthuhn
Nuleigh
Waukee
International
Larger Leaf Crop Is Expected In North Carolina 1960 Tobacco Harvest
Raleigh AP reports the 1960 flue cured tobacco crop may rise 17.6 percent above last year with an Oct 1 forecast of 826,850,000 pounds, a 23 million pound increase from September and a potential record yield of 1,786 pounds per acre. Type breakdowns show 295,750,000 pounds in Types 11 and 12, 103,600,000 in Type 13, and burley at 19,600,000 pounds. Also noted is a record possible corn harvest of 88,227,000 bushels in North Carolina.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Federal
North Carolina State Fair Eyes Attendance Records
Under bright skies the North Carolina State Fair opened with crowds well above the previous opening day record as officials anticipated new attendance highs. Secretary of Commerce Frederick H. Mueller planned remarks for the Republicans, followed Thursday by former President Harry S. Truman supporting the party. A record soybeans harvest of 12,079,000 bushels was noted as high school bands and a tobacco queen parade highlighted the day. State Agriculture Commissioner JL Ballentine presided at the fair’s opening with board members present.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Frederick H. Mueller
Harry S. Truman
Democratic Party
JL. ¥. Ballentine
State Board of Agriculture
UNC Celebrates 167th Anniversary of Library Opening
In Chapel Hill North Carolina Gov Hodges participated in ceremonies marking UNC’s library anniversary. Harvard President Nathan M Pusey delivered the principal address for the observance, with the Hanes Foundation presenting a ceremonial first book to the university library.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Gov. Hodges
University of North Carolina University
Nathan M. Pusey
Harvard University
Hanes
Tion
Winston-Salem
Governor to resign hostess post at executive mansion
Raleigh AP reports the current hostess to the North Carolina governor will leave next January as Hodges ends his term. She has served 16 years and plans to return to Charlotte to live with her sister Mrs Preston B Wilkes and Miss Laura Reilley.
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Raleigh
Hodges
North Carol
Charlotte
Laura Reilley
Preston B. Wilkes
Travel Business Survey Expected Attendees Named
Gov Hodges and Terry Sanford are expected to attend the Travel Council of North Carolina annual banquet in Southern Pines Raleigh based council president Lynn Nisbet said the event will be held October 23 24 with Tarford Democratic nominee for governor as a featured guest and travel business leaders to attend in Raleigh.
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Southern Pines
N.C
Hodges
Terry San
Tarford
Travel Council of North Council
Carolina
Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
Rate agreement ends case over Voice of America power costs
Virginia Elmitter in Pitt County and Electric & Power Co along with the General Services Administration and State Utilities Commission reached a rate agreement. The long dispute over Voice of America power costs was resolved, canceling a Thursday hearing.
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Raleigh
Virginia
Elmitter
Pitt County
Ectric & Power Co
State Utilities Commissioneral Services Administration
Voice of America Trans
Electra Airliner Structure Cleared in Boston Hearing
Federal investigators found no structural defects in the Electra crash at Boston. Dead starlings were found at the runway and the hearing concluded birds entering the air intake contributed to the loss of power. Gen. E R Quesada said engine issues were not tied to structural failure. The Electra grounding followed the deadly crash that killed 62 people, marking the fifth such incident in two years.
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Boston
E. R. Quesada
Gines
Federal Aviation
Hearthe House Aviation
John Bell Williams
Eastern Air
Khrushchev Interview Dominates Izvestia Front Pages
Nearly the entire Tuesday front page and the whole second page of Izvestia were devoted to the transcript of Premier Khrushchev's interview with David Susskind on the Open End TV program in New York Sunday night.
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Moscowap
Izvestia
Khrushchev
David Susskind
New York
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